Algebra Word Problem

Question

Research has shown that a store’s average shopper spends $38.96 per visit. If the store needs to average at least $10,000 in daily sales to be profitable, how many, shoppers per day do the store need?

Answer 1

10,000 / 38.96 = ?

Answer 2

How many individuals, spending on average $38.96, would make you reach $10,000 in sales.

Lets use different numbers. If my target for the day was $100, and my average sale per customer was $10, how many customers would need to make a purchase in order to reach $100. Ten individuals spending $10 each would add up to $100.

1st sale: $10 + 2nd sale: $10 + so on and so forth.

So the equation for the hypothetical I suggested is the value in dollars, times the quantity of sales, all attempting to reach that specified target.

$ * (number of transactions) = Target goal

So identify the target in the original equation, then work backwards. How many $38.96's, so to speak, will get you to reach your target of $10,000