I haven't even got a clue how to search for a way to figure this, so here goes;
If you had 25 tons of gold and spread it over 3,600 square feet, approximately how thick would it be?
tia
Posted: 8/15/2009 7:17:55 PM EDT
[#1]
25 tons * 2,000 lb/ton = 50,000 lb
50,000 lb / 1204 lb/cu.ft = 41.53 cu.ft of gold
41.53 cu.ft / 3600 sq.ft = 0.0115 ft deep * 12 in/ft = 0.138", or a little more than 1/8"
Posted: 8/15/2009 7:32:53 PM EDT
[#2]
factoid
All the gold ever mined throughout history would make a cube approximately 22 yards on a side.
Posted: 8/15/2009 8:02:55 PM EDT
[#3]
Excellent! Thank you.
Posted: 8/15/2009 8:22:41 PM EDT
[#4]
about 3.5mm, or .138".
I'm used to using metric now, so I multiplied 50,000lbs by 454g/lb, divided that by gold's density of 19.3g/cc to get the volume of 25 tons of gold, found the area of 3600 square feet in square centimeters (2.54c/in) and did the division.
