Question

It was reported that Ross Perot spent approximately $40 million of his own money in the 1992 presidential campaign. His total worth was reported to be approximately $4 billion. If your total worth were $50,000 and you spent the same fraction of your worth on an election as Perot did, how much money would you have spent?

Answer 1

$\bf \textit{Ross Perot spent }\cfrac{40000000}{4000000000} \\\\\\ \textit{how much is that of 50,000?}\qquad well \\\\\\ \cfrac{40000000}{4000000000}\times 50000\impliedby \textit{that much}$