[HPforGrownups] SPOILERS: QTA, FBWFT and exchange rates (long and mathematical)

[Natalie]

No: HPFGUIDX 14201


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From: <nlpnt at yahoo.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:26 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Some more SPOILERS: QTA, FBWFT


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> Ladies and gentlemen, we have an exchange rate!  Right below the UPC
> on the back cover;
>  $3.99 US= 14 Sickles 3 Knuts. I take it there's something similar to
> this on the UK editions? Anyone with better math skills than me want
> to take a crack at this?

Also, she said in chat that a galleon was about equal to 5 pounds, right?
Which is about US$7.32. Since I'm American, I'll be working with
dollars...hope no one minds...<g>

I'd really like to do this with my graphing calculator, but since I haven't
had batteries for it in a couple of months, I guess I'll just have to deal,
huh?

We have 3 separate equations to check against.

14S 3K = $3.99 (UPC)
(this is the one I'm going to assume is least valid...if I get the same
results as the first time I did this, you'll see why)

34,000,872G 14S 7K = app $250,000,000 (Albus' intro)

1G = $7.32 (chat)

Now, let's make everything into Knuts...it'll give us some large numbers for
the second one, but that's the way I want to do it.

17S/G, 29K/S which means 493K/G


409K = $3.99
16762430309K = $250,000,000
493K = $7.32

So...
1K = $0.0097555
1K = $0.0149143
1K = $0.0148479

The last two are pretty close...let's average it.

1K = $0.0148811

Therefore:
1S = $0.4315519
1G = $7.3363823

Now, those original wizard prices back into to Muggle numbers to see how
they match.

14S 3K = $6.0863699 (should be $3.99 - way off!)
34,000,872G 14S 7K = $249,443,401.6712599 (should be $250 mill. - much
closer!)
1G = $7.3363823 (should be $7.32-almost perfect!)

So, a Knut is about $0.015, a Sickle is about $0.43, and a galleon is about
$7.33.

Should I price some goods now? Why not...I'm bored. (wizarding prices from,
where else, the Lexicon!)

new wand from Ollivanders: 7 Galleons (SS5)
$51.31

dragon liver: 17 Sickles per ounce (SS5)
$7.31

prize from Daily Prophet drawing: 700 Galleons (PA1)
$5,131

prize for winning the Triwizard Tournament: 1000 Galleons (GF)
$7,330

amount Hermione had set aside to buy herself a birthday present: 10 Galleons
$73.30

unicorn horn: 21 Galleons (SS5)
$153.93

beetle's eyes: 5 Knuts per scoop (SS5)
$0.075 (which would be 8 cents, I guess)

pile of candy from the cart on the Hogwarts Express: 11 Sickles, 7 Knuts
$4.84

Omnioculars: 10 Galleons (GF7)
$73.30

amount Arthur Weasley bets on the World Quidditch Cup match: 1 Galleon
$7.33

amount Fred and George bet (their whole savings): 37 Glns, 15 Skls, 3 Knts
$282.59

amount Ludo said he'd pay for a rubber chicken wand: 5 Galleons
$36.65

copy of the Daily Prophet: 5 Knuts (SS5)
$0.08

fare on the Knight Bus from Little Winging to London: 11 Sickles (PA3)
$4.73

price of hot chocolate on the Knight Bus: 2 Sickles (PA3)
$0.86

price of a hot water bottle and toothbrush in the color of your choice: 2
Sickles (PA3)
$0.86


All of that seems pretty reasonable, which is a good thing...And I'm sure
you all really needed to read that, huh? <g>

Natalie
natabat at flashmail.com / natabat at crosswinds.net
http://www.natabat.com
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