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06-25-2012, 11:44 AM | #1 |
I wonder . . .
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June 25, 2012 - A Penny for your Thoughts
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06-25-2012, 12:02 PM | #2 |
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Find a penny pick it up...
This might take a while. |
06-25-2012, 12:51 PM | #3 |
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It's common cents.
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06-26-2012, 09:23 AM | #4 |
I wonder . . .
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Oh, yeah: Thanks classicman.
I couldn't get your original image to copy as an image. It says it's a part of a video.
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06-26-2012, 09:34 AM | #6 |
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Hey Kerosene - Does that father in the pic look like anyone you know?
Probably not to you, but I did a double-take when I first saw it on my news feed.
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07-03-2012, 08:18 PM | #7 |
Touring the facilities
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06-26-2012, 10:38 AM | #9 | |
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The diameter of a US penny is 0.750 inches, so it's area is 0.4415 sq in.
A 1x1 ft square has an area of 144 sq in. The pattern for maximum packing of US pennies in a 1x1 ft square is left as a simple mind-exercise for the Reader... Mathematics Quote:
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06-26-2012, 10:41 AM | #10 |
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I would ask why you insist on packing a square foot of pennies in a shape that is a square? To my mind, a square foot of pennies could be much more reasonably accommodated in a hexagon.
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06-26-2012, 10:44 AM | #11 |
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because your parents were honeybees ?
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06-26-2012, 10:46 AM | #12 |
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because circles pack well in hexagons
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06-26-2012, 12:13 PM | #13 |
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V, I was trying to be facetious...
I agree a single circle packs very efficiently in a single hexagon. But unless the floor is a hexagon of exactly the right size for US pennies, the problem changes to one of optimal packing hexagons. I assumed a regular shape of a rectangle or square. Erich's packing center Packing Equal Copies Unit circles in a square Unit circles in a hexagon So without changing the size and/or shape of the floor to accomodate the US penny, the optimal packing pattern may more difficult/impossible to find. |
06-26-2012, 10:47 AM | #14 |
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Maybe he grew up in Hex House.
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06-26-2012, 10:49 AM | #15 |
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Oh, bee hive!
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