2007-03-02 02:11:29 · 23 answers · asked by billy f 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Uh, it's exactly the same. Duh. 1lb = 1lb
2007-03-02 02:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A pound of feathers. That weighs 16 oz., whereas a pound of gold is only 12 oz.
2007-03-02 02:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pound of feathers would have more mass than a pound of gold.
Why? Because mass != weight, and both have different centers of gravity. Since the center of gravity of a pound of gold would be closer to the ground, the gravitational force acting upon it would be stronger than that acting on the vertical center of the pile of feathers.
2007-03-02 02:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
neither is heavier because a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of gold
2007-03-03 01:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by Pantera Rosa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is comparing apples to oranges. Because a pound of feathers only weights 16 ounces, whereas a pound of gold weights 1 pound.
2007-03-02 02:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by Lt. Dan reborn 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you speak in standard pounds, the same. But if you are speaking the way that they are usually measured, then the feathers. Feathers would be weighed in normal pounds, ~453.6 grams. Gold would be weighed in troy pounds, ~373.24 grams. Therefore the pound of gold would weigh less.
2007-03-02 02:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't mind the wrong answers .Most of them don't know gold is weighed using troy weight .Gold lb's are only 12 oz's so a lb of feathers weighs 4 oz's more than a lb of gold. All miners know this answer.
2007-03-05 03:07:38 · answer #7 · answered by carolinatinpan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pound is a pound is a pound....regardless of what is being weighed. As a side note...I wish we would join the rest of the world and switch over to the metric system. How many Americans know how many pints are in a gallon? I bet twice as many could tell you how many milliliters in a liter! America is dumb
2007-03-02 02:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by shark994 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ha Ha, this one has been around for only 527 years now. It's funny every time.
Feathers, of course.
Gold: troy pound is divided up into 12 Troy Ounces = 373 grams.
Feathers: avoirdupois pound is divided up into 16 avoirdupois ounces = 453.59237 grams.
2007-03-02 02:18:17 · answer #9 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Everyone else is retarded that psoted here. Clearly a pound of feathers is heavier because you have more of them. You use Euler's Weight Equation to derive this:
mass = hyperbolic volume / elliptical density
2007-03-02 02:18:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
there have the same weight. Ha a pound is a pound
2007-03-04 21:59:49 · answer #11 · answered by beauty 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋