1/9 of all sales were for cash. If cash sales were $59,000, what were the total sales?

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    1/9 of all sales were for cash. If cash sales were $59,000, what were the total sales?

    Let sales be s. We're given:
    s/9 = 59000

    To solve this proportion for s, we type it in our search engine and we get:
    s = 531000
     

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