Weigh a million dollars with your mind

A million dollars is a ton of money. But how much does it weigh?

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[muffin8or]

@tabaks

He's talking about weighing a million 'dollars' not a 'million dollars.' Do you see the difference?

[smackbabie]

"We know money is made out of paper"

Correction, it's a mix of paper, cotton, silk and linen.

just fyi.

[Catsion]

@smackbabie Also the weight of 1 M dollar will depend on the followings:

1. Time when the the money were printed as different times uses different technologies.

2. The bill used: from 1 to 100 dollar bill.

3. Weight of the packaging material: none or used per 100 bills.

[gyarreto]

@OutoftheblueNinja An evil Minus Green Flamingo

[MotherFucker6298]

5 CM 15 CM 1/80 = 0.9CM3 = 5 CM 5CM divide 80 = 0.9 I GUESS

[MotherFucker6298]

@MINUTEPHYSICS OR YOU COULD JUST SIMPLIFY THE 1 WITH THE 1 AND THEN DIVIDE PFF IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT I JUST DID HOW DID YOU GET 80 THOUGH :\

[A7alpha]

I think the video was helpful and I will be sure to tell the information to any Wall Street executives I might meet.

I also think there around 78 jelly beans in the jar. Was I right?

[IOMxiibennoiix]

Money is made out of cotton not paper :3

[hungrykiller666]

37.1 pounds in $100 bills.

[hungrykiller666]

worst minute physics yet...

according to Google Tech Talk 2010 'The War On Drugs Has Failed', Stanford "Neil" Franklin.....

a mere $255 cash could fill up a drug dealers closet, rendering it overflowing (conservatively).

International Trade Illicit Drugs Annually Generates: $500 Bil.

$500. Bil. would cover more than 2,000 closets.

drug dealers don't count their money, but weigh it. $1 mil. in $100 bills weighs 37.1 pounds.