You will have 100,000sh if the ratio is of the r/s is 1:10 if you started out with 1000000sh. we know the stock will go up after the split. but if it started say at .10 after the r/s you would have along way to go before you get to 100,000 dollars, if no r/s had taken place. The math was use to show benefit of no r/s.