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iheartmaths

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Registered: 2008-01-08

Posts: 31

A TON of money

So, I was in a coffee shop one day thinking to myself how much a ton of money would be, and I came up with this. Feel free to critique, review, advise, teach me something new. I'd appreciate it.

v = td(p/m)

where v is the value,
t is equal to a standard U.S. ton, or a short ton, I believe;
d is the denomination,
p is equal to a U.S. pound,
and finally m equal to the mass of a single bill of d denomination.

a word about m: obviously, once would need some sort of average, since the mass varies quite a lot. My guess is that after something like 10,000 bills, the average would be pretty stable. So, if anyone knows exactly what that number is, let me know.

So, for ease of calculation, I'll make m = 0.5, which is a gross overestimation.

v = 2000(1)(16/0.5)
v = 2000(32)
v = 64,000

Like I said, I just thought of this while bored, and thought it would be cool to play around with.

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John E. Franklin

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Registered: 2005-08-29

Posts: 3,588

Re: A TON of money

Perhaps there are 454 dollar bills in one pound of weight, says
one webpage, so 1 gram is a dollar bill.
So value = 2000(454) =  $908000

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