Question

In 2004, the population of a certain country was about 263.6 million. To the nearest dollar, calculate how much each person in the country would have had to contribute in order to make one lucky person a trillionaire(that is, to give that person $1,000,000,000,000).

Answer 1

Answer:

Each person would have to contribute $3,793.63.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

263.6 million(263,000,000) people will have to contribute 1 trillion($1,000,000,000,000). How much will each person have to contribute?

263,600,000 people - $1,000,000,000,000

1 person - $x

$263600000x = 1000000000000$

$x = \frac{1000000000000}{263600000}$

$x = 3793.63$

Each person would have to contribute $3,793.63.