Question

You win the lottery and decide to impress your friends by exhibiting a million-dollar cube of gold. at the time, gold is selling for $1282 per troy ounce, and 1.0000 troy ounce equals 31.1035 g. part a how tall would your million-dollar cube be? express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units. d =

Answer 1

first calculate max weight possible in million dollar so = 1million /1282= 780.031201248 troy ounce= 24261.700468grams as volume=mass/density and density of gold is 19.32 so volume = 24261.700468/19.32= 1255.78159772 cubic cm length of side = volume^1/3 =1255.78159772^1/3= 10.788cm