And a little more math to illustrate just how pathetic pennies are
1 penny is
19.05mm in diameter
and 1.55 thick
therefore a penny has a volume of
((19.05/2)^2) * pi * 1.55 = 441.78 cmm = 0.44178 ccm/ml
assuming you could store pennies in any container without spaces between them
100 million pennies (1 mio $)would take up
0.44178 ccm * 100 000 000 = 44178558.33 ccm/ml = 44178.55 cdm/l
This equals about 11700 US gallons which filled with beer
would
1. only weigh 44tons as opposed to the 250tons the pennies would weigh
2. be a lot cheaper a 0.5l can is about 50 cents where I live
therefore
44000l would be worth 44000$
3. contain enough alcohol to get 10 000 men up to a BAC of 0.277%
required math
weight of one man = 200lbs = 91kg
alcohol content of a beer = 5%vol
grams of alcohol = bodyweight in kgs * blood alcohol in promille * 0.7 (constant would be 0.6 for females)
now 4.4178l beer would contain
4.4178*5/100 = 0.22l = 220ml alcohol
this is
220*0.
density of alcohol) = 176.712g alcohol
so
176.712 = 91*blood alcohol in promille*0.7
176.712/63.7= blood alcohol in promille = 2.7741
Now promille = %BAC*10 so 2.77promille = 0.277%BAC
So maybe they should just drop the beer and make the enemies all drunk. Nice tactical strike that one
[ 08-19-2003, 04:17 AM: Message edited by: Faceman ]