Question

156 people said they spent the night in Wal-Mart the night before Black Friday to get the good deals! This number represented 39% of the total number of shoppers at Wal-Mart. How many shoppers were at Wal-Mart?

Answer 1

Answer: 400 Shoppers

Explanation:

Given

156 people spent the night in Wal-mart

These 156 people represent 39% of total shoppers at Wal-mart

Suppose x is the total no of shoppers at Wal-mart

So, we can write

`\Rightarrow 39\%\ \text{of}\ x=156\\\Rightarrow 0.39* x=156\\\\\Rightarrow x=(156)/(0.39)=400\ \text{People}`