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What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
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Sorry. I thought the first to get the right answer won a prize.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? >>
A pound of gold or a troy pound of gold?
And what kind of bird are we talking about here? Where were they harvested from?
>>
Precious metals are weighed using Troy units while everything else is weighed using Avoirdupois units. Therefore, a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold and yet an ounce of feathers weigh less than an ounce of gold.
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3 lbst = 36 ozt
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
1 troy pound = 12 troy ounce
1 kilogram = 32.150 746 569 troy ounce
3 troy pound = 36 troy ounce
A kilo would be a nice round number though, so I think I'd actually like a 1 kg more even though it would be lighter.
<< <i>End of quiz! >>
Seriously ... geez what party poopers!
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What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Great quiz!!!
What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? >>
Oprah
Steve
<< <i>I was surprised that a troy pound is lighter than a regular pound, being that the troy oz is heavier than regular oz.
A kilo would be a nice round number though, so I think I'd actually like a 1 kg more even though it would be lighter. >>
12 troy oz = 1 troy pound
16 avoirdupois ounce ( regular ) = 14.583 333 333 troy ounce
<< <i>Great quiz!!! >>
I think you missed my point, but thanks for playing PH.
Next time don't post the answer until at least a couple hours after the OP
edit: a pound of Oprah is worth more than a pound of gold!
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Great quiz!!!
What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? >>
A pound of gold or a troy pound of gold?
And what kind of bird are we talking about here? Where were they harvested from?
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<< <i>
<< <i>Great quiz!!!
What weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? >>
A pound of gold or a troy pound of gold?
And what kind of bird are we talking about here? Where were they harvested from?
Precious metals are weighed using Troy units while everything else is weighed using Avoirdupois units. Therefore, a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold and yet an ounce of feathers weigh less than an ounce of gold.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
PH, if that were an official exam, I think you would've had to specify "t oz" or "t lb"
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3 troy pounds is better,but just by .8 oz.
Kilograms to Ounces Conversion Table [1 kg = 35.27396195 oz]
<< <i>I thought a kilo was 2.2 pounds, Or 35.2 ounces.
3 troy pounds is better,but just by .8 oz.
Kilograms to Ounces Conversion Table [1 kg = 35.27396195 oz] >>
Those are the thumbrules I used as well. Wasn't sure what a troy pound was but figured it was 3 x 12 ounces.
the pounds that come up on a standard bathroom scale
or better than 3/4 Million per ounce
2013 net worth is 2.7 Billion
2013 source lists aprox. 200 pounds currently
Steve
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you know she's really not that bad looking
Steve
<< <i>Sorry. I thought the first to get the right answer won a prize.
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<< <i>Kilo = 32.15 ozt
3 lbst = 36 ozt >>
jackpot.
Maybe I should try the Jeopardy approach and let y'all post the questions
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