The magazine, printed in a circulation of 18,700 copies, sold out in 25 days by selling the same number of copies every day. How many copies of the magazine were sold per day?
Q. The magazine, printed in a circulation of 18,700 copies, sold out in 25 days by selling the same number of copies every day. How many copies of the magazine were sold per day?
Identify total number: Identify the total number of magazines sold and the number of days it took to sell them.Total number of magazines sold: 18,700 copiesNumber of days to sell all copies: 25 daysTo find out how many copies were sold per day, we need to divide the total number of copies by the number of days.
Calculate copies per day: Calculate the number of copies sold per day. Number of copies sold per day = Total number of magazines sold ÷ Number of days Number of copies sold per day = 18,700÷25
Perform division: Perform the division to find the number of copies sold per day. Number of copies sold per day = 748
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