There were 36,000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold 7 times as many paperback copies as hardback copies were sold. If a total of 441,000 copies of the novel were sold in all, how many paperback copies were sold?	Choices:
A) 45,000 B) 360,000 C) 354,300 D) 392,000 E) 396,900
Say x was the # of hardback copies sold from the time the first paperback copy was sold.   Then the total # of paperback copies sold was 9x;   Hence the total # of copies sold was (hardback)+(paperback)=(36+x)+(7x)=441 --&gt; x=50.6.   So, the total # of paperback copies sold was 7x=7*50.6=354.3 or 354,300.   Answer: 354,300.
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There were 36,000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold 7 times as many paperback copies as hardback copies were sold. If a total of 441,000 copies of the novel were sold in all, how many paperback copies were sold?