VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoThis shouldnt happendiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1795arrow-down11
arrow-up1794arrow-down1imageThis shouldnt happendiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareGalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·17 hours agoIf you were born in the year 1AD and made $1,000,000 every day without ever spending a penny, you would still be hundreds of billions short of a trillion.
minus-squareJustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoI had to see the disparity myself on this. 1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000 365x2,025 = 739,125 days 739,125 x 1,000,000 = 739,125,000,000 Yes, the math works out that you’d only be ~73.9% of the way there at that rate.
If you were born in the year 1AD and made $1,000,000 every day without ever spending a penny, you would still be hundreds of billions short of a trillion.
I had to see the disparity myself on this.
1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000
365x2,025 = 739,125 days
739,125 x 1,000,000 = 739,125,000,000
Yes, the math works out that you’d only be ~73.9% of the way there at that rate.