A Singaporean has assets of $5 billion.If he spends $10 every second,how long will it take for him to spend all his money

500 million seconds

138,880 hours

5786.667 days

190.246 months

8332800 minutes

you have an arithmetic sequence with

a = 5,000,000,000
d = -10
n = ?? , where n is in seconds

term(n) = a+(n-1)d
you want term(n) = 0
5,000,000,000 + (n-1)(-10) = 0
-10n + 10 = -5000000000
-10n = -5,000,000,010
n = 500,000,001 seconds
= 8,333,333.35 minutes
= 138,888.89 hours
= 5787.0 days
=15.85 years

To calculate how long it will take for the Singaporean to spend all his money, we can divide his total assets by the rate at which he is spending.

1. Calculate the total number of seconds it will take to spend $5 billion:
Total seconds = Total money / Money spent per second
= $5,000,000,000 / $10
= 500,000,000 seconds

2. Convert the total number of seconds into a more understandable format:
Days = Total seconds / (24 * 60 * 60)
= 500,000,000 / (24 * 60 * 60)
≈ 5787.04 days

Therefore, it would take approximately 5787 days (or about 15.85 years) for the Singaporean to spend all his money if he spends $10 every second.