How many cranberries in a bushel?

[Fishhead]

Been trying for days, not available

[MexicanStallion]

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[MadTiger]

Bushel = 8 gallons
1 gallons = 4.4 L (DRY gallons used here!) = 4,400 mL
35.2L = bushel
1mL = 1 cubic cm

35,200 cubic cm is the volume of a bushel basket.

Average volume of a cranberry?
Mmmmm.

http://www.hort.wisc.edu/cran/mgt_articles/articles_gen_info/Vaccinium_Viburnum.html

They are describing an OVOID/SPHEROID shape.
We need the volume, but in cubic centimeters.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheroid#Volume
Volume

The volume of a spheroid (of any kind) is . If A=2a is the equatorial diameter, and B=2b is the polar diameter, the volume is .


0.523(1/2)^2*(7/8) -----(7/8 is the average of 3/4 and 1)

0.11440625 in3


1 cubic inches = 16.387064 cubic centimeters

So

0.11440625 in3

=1.87478254 cm3


Now for the answer

35,200/1.87478254 =

18775.5109 cranberries

Either rounding up or rounding down is equally valid in this case. We will round up.

18,776 cranberries.

MadTiger

(apologize for the various format changes from referencing things)

[Slainte]

Tiger, not very busy day huh?

[MadTiger]

Tiger, not very busy day huh?

It is before 8AM. I am still in bed clothes.
I have both extensive education and real-world experience in solving these types of problems. I have a talent for them, as well.

Thanks.

EDIT: What's funny is the only thing I knew was the thing about what an ovoid/spheroid is. I didn't remember shit about bushels. Hell, I thought cranberries were totally round. Never saw one! I knew the volume of something circular involved pi, but everything else was just systematic problem solving. I can do those type of things all day.

[falconticket]

it 40 lbs

[shari91]

Tiger bringing it in Player's Talk!!! Very rarely do you see this in here

[Fishhead]

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[pavyracer]

It depends whether all cranberries are the exact identical shape and size. Good luck with that.

[Fishhead]

It depends whether all cranberries are the exact identical shape and size. Good luck with that.

[sweethook]

his report of 18776 sounds about right