1. 03-17-11 06:17 AM #1
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    How many cranberries in a bushel?

    Been trying for days, not available
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  2. 03-17-11 06:21 AM #2
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  3. 03-17-11 06:41 AM #3
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    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_ar..._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)
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  4. 03-17-11 06:46 AM #4
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    Tiger, not very busy day huh?
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  5. 03-17-11 06:50 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slainte View Post
    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.
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  6. 03-17-11 07:52 AM #6
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    it 40 lbs
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  7. 03-17-11 07:55 AM #7
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    Tiger bringing it in Player's Talk!!! Very rarely do you see this in here
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  8. 03-17-11 08:03 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by MexicanStallion View Post
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  9. 03-17-11 11:46 AM #9
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    It depends whether all cranberries are the exact identical shape and size. Good luck with that.
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  10. 03-17-11 11:49 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    It depends whether all cranberries are the exact identical shape and size. Good luck with that.
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  11. 03-17-11 12:01 PM #11
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    his report of 18776 sounds about right
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