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The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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Post by stavros »

jerf wrote: post #30
c249709 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not explicitly, but the implication is strong. otherwise the cube would be almost any size

Just for fun, the maximum sized cube you could make with a single layer of them facing flat and then entirely hollow on the inside would be about 41 meters or so on a side. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=sqrt%28%28area+of+a+uni...

I can't argue with the math, but intuitively that just seems really small? It means that you can lay down 166,000 $1 bills on the floor of a very small flat?

Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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Post by JadeNB »

Why in the world would you use KaTeX to write a number that is just being used as a number, not part of a mathematical formula? But, if you must, at least use some tricks to make the spacing work correctly: since TeX treats `,` as `mathpunct`, you need to use something like `\$1{,}000{,}000` (or change its catcode) to get something that renders as a plain old non-KaTeXed "$1,000,000" would.

Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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Post by pcthrowaway »

Modified3019 wrote: post #38
alberth wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a shortfall . The OP says it totals $1.5M ... and extra $0.5M

I wonder how many read the title, and assume it’s about being short. I certainly did.

I had the feeling it would be a shortfall but had enough doubt to read the article.

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Post by alfalfasprout »

c249709 wrote: post #10
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #7

There are additional stacks hidden by the aluminum framing. Everything is flush against the glass so there are a few more inches on each face not counted in the 102 figure.

do you know that or just speculating? I couldn't figure it out at the museum.

I was curious and looked and yes, there are absolutely bills that seem to go into the framing. It's not a solid aluminum bar it looks L shaped in person.

Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

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Post by reverendsteveii »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #7

There are additional stacks hidden by the aluminum framing. Everything is flush against the glass so there are a few more inches on each face not counted in the 102 figure.

so it's off by even more than a half mill?
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