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Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's wealth

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:38 am
by cesariojpn
http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-much ... coin-swim/

When the area under the curve is calculated (from x=-3 to x=5), it yields roughly 46 square inches. The assumption will be made here that one cubic inch is roughly one ounce of gold. To convert that into a dome shape the value is simply cubed, which becomes 97,366 ounces. Given that 1 ounce of gold is roughly $5.00, it can extrapolated that each large pile of gold in the vault is worth $486,830.


Wait, Gold was $5 an ounce in 1947? When?

Re: Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's weal

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:17 pm
by SilverEye
A cubic inch of gold is closer to a pound than an ounce (just over 10 troy ounces).

Who wrote this?

Re: Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's weal

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:10 pm
by cesariojpn
SilverEye wrote:A cubic inch of gold is closer to a pound than an ounce (just over 10 troy ounces).

Who wrote this?


Internet authors.

Re: Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's weal

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:54 am
by dannan14
SilverEye wrote:A cubic inch of gold is closer to a pound than an ounce (just over 10 troy ounces).

Who wrote this?


Matt Powers is in his early twenties-ish. He is also good at making up fake math.



This is the last line on the page.

Re: Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's weal

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:29 am
by DuckTales253
I like this article! Big fan of Uncle Scrooge and the other Disney ducks...

Re: Another pointless attempt to gauge Scrooge McDuck's weal

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:37 pm
by merchoarder
Matt Powers is in his early twenties-ish. He is also good at making up fake math.


I love that that line is on the page, hilarious!!