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How much sticks of dynamite is equal to the blast in Hiroshima?
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∙ 12y ago
Roughly 15 thousand tons of dynamite. A typical stick of dynamite weighs about half a pound. Now lets do the arithmetic (with units):
15000 tons * 2000 pounds/ton / 0.5 pound/stick = 60,000,000 sticks
Roughly 60 million sticks of dynamite.
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