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Gumballsandfilecabinets

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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GUM-BALLS IN A FILE CABINET

ALIZEE BRAYE, MANUEL PUCHE, PRINCESS AGBAEZE
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PROBLEM

  • How many gumballs can fill a file cabinet?
  • Our estimation: 30,000 gum balls
  • Upper bound: 50,000
  • Lower bound: 20,000
Photo by hill.josh
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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

  • What size gum balls are being used?
  • What size. File cabinet is bing used?
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ASSUMPTIONS

  • Each gumball is 1inch wide.
  • Cabinets are the same size and there are no empty spaces.
  • It's 1 big cabinet.
  • No gaps between the gumballs.
  • Our file cabinet is rectangular.
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MATHEMATICS

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CONCLUSION

  • Based on the file cabinet we chose you would be able to store 45,900 gum balls.
Photo by Leo Reynolds
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WORK CITED

Alizee Braye