tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21813325.post8340676131790584917..comments2009-05-04T17:24:17.494-07:00Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870682832717664105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21813325.post-30477191810213673362009-05-04T09:43:00.000-07:002009-05-04T09:43:00.000-07:00I assume you are counting the radius in bean lengths and the height in bean diameters, but there is no accounting for the approximately hexagonal packing of the beans in 3-D space. I note that your estimate is shy of the answer by approximately the Golden Ratio of 1.618. Could this be due to the packing factor, or the ratio of the length to diameter of a jellybean, or just a coincidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21813325.post-12797664873524777822009-04-06T12:47:00.000-07:002009-04-06T12:47:00.000-07:00Clearly the radius is larger than 5 beans. Counting across the jar four times I got an average of 18.5 beans in a half circumference which divided by 3 (PI ish) is 6 and 1/6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com