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Well! The math problem certainly went over well here. tongue Thanks to everyone who played along. Here are a range of answers:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

"The problem is too hard or we're too busy to try and solve it." Thanks for an honest answer. smile
"42" Obviously always a good answer. biggrin
Approximation#1 If 2300 pennies fit ($23.00) then 2300 nickels would be $115.00 and 2300 dimes would be $230.00 - which would only be true if all coins were the same size. But not a bad guess.
Approximation#2 volume of Oban cylinder = 1.638 million mm(cubed) and volume of penny = 441.79 mm(cubed) so if pennies could pack perfectly without any wasted space then 3707 would fit. But since only 2300 fit, that means the coins take up only 62% of the volume and the rest is air. If the same factor applies for other coins, then 1474 nickels would fit ($73.70) and 2986 dimes ($298).
Approximation#3 the packing factor will be slightly different for nickels and dimes, but the effect will probably be small. And you'd need to run computer simulations (or do the actual coin-filling experiment) to measure it. Exercise left to next semester, when students' brains will need their exercise. tongue



In other news, my latest movie ratings are:
DaVinci Code - wait for rental
Water - very good (realistic?) film about how widows were traditionally treated in India.
Inconvenient Truths - the Al Gore film is a must see. Even global warming critics owe it to themselves to see it, if only so they can think up more lies and stall-tactics to try out on us.
Break Up - wait for rental.

And I'll end with my favorite pic of the day - "Oh, you're no fun anymore!"

VIEW 25 of 29 COMMENTS
sally:
thanks so much for your comment, you are always on time!!!!!
and my dog is ok this week!! im so happy!
thanks so much again! kiss
Jun 23, 2006
vampiress:
When are you going to update? You always have something relatively interesting to say! biggrin
Jun 23, 2006

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