The company that I work for is conducting a contest and we have to guess how may hot tamale candies are in a jar. The Jar is square but round in the on the edges. The jar is not filled to the top. There is about an inch to a inch and half available. the top of the jar is rounded.
2006-07-20 01:32:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anthony C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2006-07-20 01:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a box of hot tamales and weigh each one of them. Find their average weight.
Then, find something you think weighs similar to the jar.
Then, subtract the jars weight from 5 lb.
Then, just divide the average tamale weight by your difference above and that will give you a mathematical approximation of total number of tamales in that jar.
Q.E.D.
2006-07-22 12:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by palffy68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋