Through a host of various investors, you have finally raised enough capital to begin producing the next summer blockbuster. You have a budget of 279 million dollars, which you must allocate between filming and editing. The general consensus among experts is that filming tends to cost twice as much as editing. How much money should you allocate to filming?

Respuesta :

Answer:

  $186 million

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of costs is ...

  filming : editing = 2 : 1

So, the filming cost as a fraction of the total cost is ...

  filming : total cost = 2 : (2+1) = 2/3

The allocation to filming is ...

  (2/3)($279 million) = $186 million