Which would you say is heavier,a pound of cotton or a pound of gold.

• Both having equal weight.
  
  a pound of cotton =a pound of gold
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(1)
• A pound of cotton is heavier then a pound of glod because cotton is weighed by the avoirdupois pound which consist of 16 ounces, whereas the gold, being a precious metal is weighed by troy pound which contain 12 ounces.
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(1)
• Nice Question Sneha paliwal.
  The weights of both quantities are equal. so
  A pound of cotton = A pound of gold
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
• As they both have same weight,so a pound of cotton have the same weight of a pound of gold.
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