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[–] over_clox 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Bananas

A dollar bill is approximately 0.876 bananas long, and 0.372 bananas wide, and has a surface area of about 0.326 square bananas.

So, $95 is about 30.96 square bananas. Might as well round up to 31 square bananas.

Feel free to check the math yourself:

Edit: In terms of banana market value, that is always fluctuating, but if a banana is duct taped to a wall, $95 is still not going to get you even one banana.

[–] philthi 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What are we describing when saying a square banana?

In good faith I understand this as: the square of it's length.

But I prefer to interpret it as, a banana squashed until it is 1atom thin and shaped in a square (which to my imagination, is an enormous square)

[–] over_clox 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, I'm going by the square of its length. Though I like your way of thinking 🍌

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Does the banana for scale have a source for its measurement? I can see 1 banana is 17.8cm.
Presumably that's an average?

[–] marcos 2 points 15 hours ago

It's the ISO banana, that's kept in a freezer in Switzerland and only taken out once every year to adjust other bananas.

[–] over_clox 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, I assume that's the average value they chose. Since they made the calculator, I consider that the go-to standard measurement.

On a side note, I did some additional research last night, and the average banana weighs between 100 and 120 grams, so 110 grams sounds good enough to me.

[–] edgemaster72 2 points 23 hours ago

It's one square banana Michael, what could it measure? 10 dollar bills?