[quantim]

For the sake of argument, I wonder how much real estate it would take to lay out 787,000,000,000 dollar bills?

[MarkeyD]

If my math is right, it would cover the surface of the earth 1.3 times.

[az_gila]

For the sake of argument, I wonder how much real estate it would take to lay out 787,000,000,000 dollar bills?

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How about covering the entire surface area of the US about 18 bills deep....:^)

(/nerd mode)

[AFPhys]

I see I am not the only silly person who undertook to answer your question.

I computed the answer to 4 digits of accuracy, however, and triple checked. It is cute to think it would cover the world with dollar bills, but that even a trillion dollars won't do that.

The actual area able to be covered with 787 Billion one-dollar bills is about 2/3 the size of Connecticut. (8136 sq.km)

Put another way, the perimeter of the United States including all shoreline (bays and mouths of rivers, etc.) is 54,059 miles. We could cover every square inch of that to a width of 100yards with dollar bills.

There would still be a bit left over. I would be happy to share what is left evenly with everyone who posts on FR today. Assuming we have 10,000 posting today, we would each get $1,788,000.

[Old Professer]

About 3600 sq. mi.