20 times 40 equals 800 pounds
If the pail is being measured in UK gallons then the weight of the same volume of gold would be 19.23 times the weight of the water, 769.2 lbs
Sp Gr of Gold = 20 means that gold weight 20 times as much as the waterSo the gold weights 20*40 = 800 pounds.
Using the information provided, the answer is impossible to find. However, the correct answer would be 764.856318028 pounds.
Clarification needed. Gallons are a measure of liquid. Are you speaking of molten gold?
Water weighs 8.3 lbs per gallon... Gold weighs 19.3 times that. Five gallons of Gold equals 801 lbs. Or at our current rat $1150.00 per oz, $14,738,400.00.
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