2006-12-13 08:08:28 · 19 answers · asked by BillyG2 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
One pound (£) as in the british currency
if you were to buy as much gold with one pound (£) and as many feathers with one pound (£)
then compare the wieght of the things you bought
mwaning all of you who said one pound are inconsiderate people who need to READ the question or else you just degrade the yahoo answers community
2006-12-13 09:15:26 · update #1
1 pound
2006-12-13 08:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Casperia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you mean to use the currency symbol for what a pint of water weighs in the US?
Assumung you meant lb for pound, a pound of gold weighs about 20% less than a pound of feathers as a Troy pound is that much lighter than an avoir du poids pound.
Precious metals are weighed in Troy pounds
2006-12-13 17:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the symbol you used in your question is pounds sterling as in UK British pound. The correct abbreviation for "pound" as in a measure of weight is "lb". So one pound of gold is one pound or 16 oz. or 14.7 troy oz.
As for feathers, it would take alot of feathers to weigh in at 1 pound.
Now your question is actually confusing because your question asks for the weight of gold and feathers, but you use the symbol for the British pound. So do you want to know how much a pound of gold is worth in pounds sterling??
2006-12-13 16:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by lremmell64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold - 12 troy oz
Feathers -16 in a lb so they would weigh more
If you mean Pound Sterling, well you must know the answer to that
2006-12-13 16:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One pound of gold would weigh one pound and one pound of feathers would weigh one pound. That's common sense. Capacity wise, it would take much more feathers because feather's are much more lighter than gold!
2006-12-13 16:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by bigmoney301 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One pound of gold = 14 oz. troy weight.
One pound of feathers = 16 oz U.S standard measure.
2006-12-13 16:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the key word 1 pound
2006-12-13 16:16:58 · answer #7 · answered by sabbathfan55 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One pound (trick Q or something)
2006-12-13 16:17:21 · answer #8 · answered by Leah S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
convert pounds to Kg then weight is mass in KG times g. since masses are the same weight would be the same
2006-12-13 16:16:51 · answer #9 · answered by tony200423man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm let me think...OH YEAH...A POUND DUMMIE....but you would have a helluva lot more feathers than gold.
2006-12-13 16:48:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋