Man Sues Bank Of America For 1784 Billion, Trillion Dollars
“These are the kind of numbers you deal with only on a cosmic scale... (it might make sense if) Bank of America has branches on every planet in the cosmos.”
Although it seems like a story made up by The Onion, the tale is true. (More info here.) Dalton Chiscolm is suing the largest U.S. bank, Bank of America, demanding “1784 billion, trillion dollars,” plus an additional $200,164,000.
One billion, trillion is a 1 followed by 22 zeros. That’s larger than a sextillion, or 1 plus 21 zeros. That’s also larger than the world’s estimated 2008 gross domestic product: $60 trillion. A trillion has 12 zeros.
May this lawsuit result in better customer service for us all, in every solar system.
— Sylvain Cappell
New York University’s Silver Professor
at the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences
New York University’s Silver Professor
at the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Although it seems like a story made up by The Onion, the tale is true. (More info here.) Dalton Chiscolm is suing the largest U.S. bank, Bank of America, demanding “1784 billion, trillion dollars,” plus an additional $200,164,000.
One billion, trillion is a 1 followed by 22 zeros. That’s larger than a sextillion, or 1 plus 21 zeros. That’s also larger than the world’s estimated 2008 gross domestic product: $60 trillion. A trillion has 12 zeros.
May this lawsuit result in better customer service for us all, in every solar system.
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