Ok an odd question.
If a goose could lay a golden egg what would be the approximate street value be?
Since, I have no knowledge of the average size of a goose egg. The weight in regards to it’s volume and am as handy as a chimp when it comes to geometry or the use of calculators,I turn to you my fellow (errr dopes? dopers? Cecilphiles?).
thanks in advance,
Osip
Get out the Play-Doh!
Average size of Canada goose egg.
http://www.nctm.org/wlme/wlme6/five.htm
Somebody else can do the math.
I’m guessing a goose egg weighs about 2 oz., and the denisty is about the same as water (probably a little more). Gold is 19.3 times more dense than water, so the same volume of gold would weigh about 39 oz. (avoirdupois). A troy ounce is heaver than an ordinary ounce by about 10%, so the golden egg would weigh about 35 oz. (troy). At about $272 an ounce, that’s about $9,500.
Based on DDG’s post, I think I probably underestimated the weight of a goose egg. Now I’d guess it weighs more like 5 oz. than 2 oz., making the golden egg worth something like $25,000.
Thanks Bib You Rock!
Osip