Puzzle 3 - Answer



Wrong!

A pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold
because feathers are weighed by avoirdupois weight,

which has 16 ounces to a pound,

while gold is always weighed by troy weight
which only contains 12 ounces to a pound.


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