According to the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, each currency not is 2.61 inches wide,6.14 inches long, and 0.0043 inches think. Each note weighs about 0.0043 troy ounces (12 troy ounces equals one pound.) The $100 bill has been the largest denomination of U.S. currency in circulation since 1969.
If Bill Gate`s fortune was converted to $100 bills, how many-
1. miles high would his fortune be if the bills were stacked on top of one another?
If Bill Gate`s fortune was converted to $100 bills, how many-
2. 6000-pound sport utility would weigh as much as his fortune?
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2006-10-01 05:19:41 · 3 answers · asked by ٭I Love The LORD!٭ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
We need to know how big Bill Gates' fortune is to be able to answer this question. Once we do, we can answer as follows:
$=size of fortune.
$/100=# of bills necessary, call this #.
#*.0043=number of inches high that the fortune is.
Since you want miles, 12*5280 will give you the number of inches in a mile. So the answer is #*.0043/(12*5280).
For pounds, it's a similar process, only you need #*.0043/12 for the total number of pounds, then divide by 6000 to determine how many SUVs you'd need.
2006-10-01 05:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by zex20913 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Forbes magazine in 2006 Bill Gates has $53 billion dollars. This would be 530 million $100 bills.
530000000 X .0043 = 2279000 inches
= 189917 feet
=36.97 miles
2279000 troy ounces = 189917 pounds
= 31.6 SUV's
(I'm not sure that SUV's are weighed in troy pounds.)
2006-10-01 12:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by wild_turkey_willie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total height, if notes are stacked on top of one another = thickness of note * Bill Gates fortune = 0.0043 * 53,000,000,000 = 227,900,000 inches / 63360 = 3596.91 miles
Now the calculation for weight = 0.0043 * 53,000,000,000 = 227,900,000 tory ounces /12
= 18991666.67 pounds
Number of SUVs = 18991666.67 / 6000 (weight of 1 SUV) = 3165.23 SUV
(This calculation is done assuming Bill Gates is worth 53 billion)
2006-10-01 13:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋