Staying even as sales drop:

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The way to stay even, or to be able to keep the same income as that which you've usually had in good times, can be accomplished by putting out more venders.

Here's the formula to use to determine how many more venders needed to be placed in order to just keep your income as it was during the past good times. If you have a mix of denominations, putting out additional machines should be proportionately the same mix to make the formula work.

100 (Representing 100% of the machines which you have on location.)  less the Rate of Loss (expressed as a whole number) then divided by 100 = The Percent of Increase needed to keep the same income as that which you've usually had in good times.

Multiply the number of machines presently on line by the percentage derrived to determine the total number of machines needed to maintain the income of the good times before the drop in sales.

Examples:

100%  - 10% = 90%

Then divide 90% into 100%, which equals 111%. As you already have 100%, your rate of increase, to stay even with the past good times, must be 11%.

100% - 25% = 75%

Then divide 75% into 100%, which equals 133%. As you already have 100%, your rate of increase, to stay even with the past good times, must be 33%.

100% - 50% = 50%

Then divide 50% into 100%, which equals 200%. As you already have 100%, your rate of increase, to stay even with the past good times, must be 100%, or double your current inventory.