[Eccl 10:2]

(2042-42.22)*8000 tons*2000 pounds per ton*16 ounces per pound=$511,943,680,000.00.

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Not to pick nits, and I may be wrong because I don’t know exactly how gold is measured, but isn’t there something about gold being measured in troy ounces (avoirdupois?), so there’s only 12 troy ounces to a pound?

[Eccl 10:2]

I kinda answered my own question:

“An avoirdupois ounce weighs 28.3495 grams, while a troy ounce weighs 31.1035 grams. It’s believed that this is a throwback to the historic importance of precious metals in trade markets, and merchants’ need to have a standard unit of weight for gold, silver, gemstones and the like.”

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Is not gold usually measured in troy ounces?

If I buy an ounce of gold from a dealer, am I getting an avoirdupois ounce or a troy ounce?

[mn-bush-man]

Avoirdupois is 16 oz/lb. Precious metals are weighed in troy ounces.

A troy ounce is 31.1 grams
An AV ounce is 28.35 grams (rounded)

1 ton = 29166.67 troy ounces.

8000 tons = 233,333,360 troy ounces

233,333,360 troy ounces x $2,042/ozt =

$476,466,721,120

[one guy in new jersey]

Thx.

1 Troy Ounce = 1.097143 Ounces.

So maybe the party can be a little bigger.

Or last a little longer.

[tired&retired]

1 pound = 14.583 troy ounces

Gold is weighed in Troy ounces

[buckalfa]

" ---but isn’t there something about gold being measured in troy ounces (avoirdupois?), so there’s only 12 troy ounces to a pound?"

I thought there was a there will be no math clause when we joined Free Republic.