The school store has 1200 pencils in stock and sells an average of 25 pencils per day. The manager reorders when the the number of pencils in stock is 650.
Is The number of days is the independent variable?
Write an equation that can be used to determine in how many days the manager will have to reorder.
The manager will have to reorder in how many days?
Number of pencils= 1200
Average number of pencils sold= 24
Number of pencils that would be sold= 1200 - 500 = 700
The number of days after which the manager will reorder = 700/24 = 29.16