Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
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Author: Paul G. Hewitt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 36RCQ
In 2009, one of the U.S government’s bailout packages was $700 billion when gold was worth $800 per ounce ($28.40 per gram). Calculate the mass in grams of $700 billion worth of gold. If this amount of gold were in the shape of a cube, how long would each of its sides be?
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