What is heavier, A pound of gold or A pound of lead? 10 points to the right answer
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What is heavier, A pound of gold or A pound of lead? 10 points to the right answer

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making a total of 5760 grains to the pound of gold.Most materials use pounds and ounces from the avoirdupois system, and such a standard pound is made up of 16 ounces, where each ounce is 437.5 grains, making a total of 7000 grains to the pound of lead.......
While on the face of it a pound of lead would seem to weigh the same as a pound of gold, this overlooks the fact that gold is universally weighed using a different definition of 'pound' than that used for most other materials.

Precious metals such as gold are measured in troy weight. A troy pound is 12 troy ounces, and each troy ounce is 480 grains, making a total of 5760 grains to the pound of gold.

Most materials use pounds and ounces from the avoirdupois system, and such a standard pound is made up of 16 ounces, where each ounce is 437.5 grains, making a total of 7000 grains to the pound of lead.

All this means that a pound of lead (or bricks, or feathers) is heavier than a pound of gold.
A pound.

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There both the same amount
"a POUND of gold or a POUND of lead"
So there both equally the same

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Not a bad attempt at a Christmas Day joke. Too many serious answers today. Have a good one.

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They both weight a pound. So it means they have an equal weight!

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Nether they are both a pound it will just take less gold to get a pound

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Neither is as heavy as the burden Tim Tebow puts on his team

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Neither cuz their both are a pound
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