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	What does a trillion dollars in $100 bills look like? This question refers to: http://www.britannica.com/.../ By keithold thanks all baggers Asked Mar 16 2009 9:32AM	20 Pts Rate Question

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by Ice man on Mar 16, 2009 at 10:49 am Permalink

I had a look at the link and all I can say is WOW !!

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keithold thanks all baggers Mar, 16 2009 at 11:14 AM

Thanks Ice Man.

Ice man Mar, 16 2009 at 11:22 AM

Your welcome Keith :)

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by Ironhead on Mar 16, 2009 at 9:49 am Permalink

I will let you know if I ever get a trillion dollars....

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keithold thanks all baggers Mar, 16 2009 at 09:56 AM

Good luck Ironhead.

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by nutmegcollector on Mar 28, 2009 at 11:43 am Permalink

If you had $1 trillion $100 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.

If you stack 1 trillion $100 bills, it would reach 690 miles high.

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by a 10sEn is the AB Ninja Lounge bartender on Mar 16, 2009 at 2:24 pm Permalink

That would be 10 billion $100 bills. That's some serious amount of money to stack up.

Since the thickness of a dollar bill is 0.010922cm. If that is multiplied by 10,000,000, then that would be 1090220cm. That would be 10902.2 meters or roughly 429,220.47 inches (or roughly 11922.79 yards). So, if you stacked $100 bills, one on top of the other, you'd end up with a stack that is 2246.46 yards taller than Mount Everest (9676.33 yards).

Thickness of a bill (source):
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/DeneneWilliams.shtml