How To “Guess” The Amount Of M&Ms In a Jar
Submitted by C. S. Magor on Tuesday, 28 July 2009One Comment | Google Buzz |
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If you ever wanted to know how to make a really good scientific guess as to the amount of M&Ms in a jar, this is how it’s done.
If you are too impatient to sit through a short solid state physics background lecture, skip to 3:30 and you will learn all you need to know about counting M&Ms based on a vessel’s volume and the packing fraction of the multi-colored morsels of chocolaty deliciousness.
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Last time I checked, when they have a “guess the # of M&Ms” contest, they don’t let you measure the volume of the container.. they’re also not always packed right to the top, so even if you did know the volume of the whole container, you’d have to somehow be able to know the volume of the occupied part on its own..
Good idea if they told you the volume though!