how many gallons of water are in the ocean?

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Depends if it's raining.

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63 seconds is not going to break Alan Webb.

Alan Webb could eat a candy bar and run a 63.

It is not particularly a 'discussion', it is a matter of getting an estimate of the volume. One starting point is the the Oceans cover 70% of the surface area. Then the diameter of the Earth at the Equator is 40,000 km. the surface area is a third power of the linear dimension. Then get an estimate of the average depth of the ocean. Say we have an answer now in terms of cubic kilometers. Finally, transform to gallons (or trillions thereof).

bangalangadanga wrote:

63 seconds is not going to break Alan Webb.

Alan Webb could eat a candy bar and run a 63.

I thought that was Solinsky?

9?

What kind of gallons are you talking about, Imperial gallons, US wet gallons, or US dry gallons?

post doctoral student wrote:

What kind of gallons are you talking about, Imperial gallons, US wet gallons, or US dry gallons?

Dumb question - obviously wet gallons.

The total volume is approximately 1.3 billion cubic kilometres

Gallon is approximately equal to 3.785 liters = 3.785 x 10^(-3) cubic meters.

So, (1.3 x 10^9 x 10^9)/(3.785 x 10^(-3)) = 3.43 x 10^20 = 343 quintillion gallons

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" President George W. Bush exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

How many gallons of water are in the air?

marine biologist wrote:

discuss.

Furthermore, fvckin' magnets - how do they work?