whats heavier a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

Answer 1

neither, each is a pound

Answer 2

A pound of feathers is equal to a pound of gold. The only the difference is the mass. You need a lot more feathers than gold to make one pound.

Answer 3

A pound is a pound, no matter what it is!
Of course a pound of feathers is going to cover more area, but the mass is exactly the same as a pound of gold.

Answer 4

As gold is typically weighed in "troy pounds" instead of regular pounds, they do actually have different weights. A "troy pound" is equivalent to 12 ounces, while a regular pound is 16 ounces.

Thus, a pound of feathers is heavier.

Answer 5

of course they weight the same. Although a Pound or Gold does have more mass than a pound of feathers

Answer 6

A pound of feathers = a pound of gold = a pound of homework = a pound of dirt = a pound of water = a pound of continued typing =...

Answer 7

Feathers

Answer 8

Gold weight is normally measured by Troy weight. Feathers are measured by Avoirdupois weight. 1 Troy pound equals 0.823 Avoirdupois pound. So, a pound of feathers weigh more than a pound of gold.

Answer 9

Actually this could be a trick question, he didn't specify what type of pound, a pound could be the "pound troy" (used for weighing precious metals) = 0.37 kg while the regular pound(imperial) = 0.45kg, thus a pound of feathers could weigh more than a pound of gold.

Answer 10

A pound is a pound is a pound. The item weighed is of no consequence..... hehehe

However, which is worth more, a 50 pound bag of 20 dollar bills or a 20 pound bag of 50 dollar bills....assuming all bills weigh the same

Answer 11

that is quite simple. they are of equal weight because they both weigh a pound. However, it will take more feathers to reach the amount of one pound whereas it will take substantially less mass for the gold to reach a pound.