All the people of a neighborhood pooled and won a lottery ticket. They won $10,000,000 and each person got a .02 share. How much money did each person receive?

1 Answer
Apr 23, 2018

#x=$200,000#

Explanation:

I'm assuming here that share is referring to part of a whole (1)... i.e. a "0.02 share" will get a neighbor 2% of the winnings.

If this assumption is correct,
#x=$10,000,000(0.02)# where x is the amount of money each person will recieve.
#x=$200,000# (multiply)