In the year 2014 Facebook bought Whatsapp for ________ US Dollars.

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Answer 1

Instead of just recalling the headline figure, break down what made up the WhatsApp deal to fix the number in memory.

17 billion: too low, does not match the combined cash plus stock structure Facebook used.
18 billion: still short of the final publicly reported total.
19 billion: matches the deal structure, roughly 4 billion dollars in cash, about 12 billion dollars in Facebook shares, and close to 3 billion dollars in restricted stock units for WhatsApp founders and staff, adding up to about 19 billion dollars.
20 billion: overshoots the actual reported total by about a billion dollars.

Adding up the cash, share, and RSU parts confirms option C, 19 billion US Dollars, as the answer.

Answer 2

Instead of just recalling the headline figure, break down what made up the WhatsApp deal to fix the number in memory.

17 billion: too low, does not match the combined cash plus stock structure Facebook used.
18 billion: still short of the final publicly reported total.
19 billion: matches the deal structure, roughly 4 billion dollars in cash, about 12 billion dollars in Facebook shares, and close to 3 billion dollars in restricted stock units for WhatsApp founders and staff, adding up to about 19 billion dollars.
20 billion: overshoots the actual reported total by about a billion dollars.

Adding up the cash, share, and RSU parts confirms option C, 19 billion US Dollars, as the answer.

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