Timeline for What is the best way to figure out the size/volume of an old pack?
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| Mar 30, 2018 at 1:32 | comment | added | Charlie Brumbaugh | @ab2 Archimedes would have stuck the whole thing in a bucket of water then inflated a bag inside and measured the displaced water to find the answer | |
| Mar 30, 2018 at 1:22 | comment | added | ab2 | @Charlie Brumbaugh Thomas Edison said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. HE would have counted the peanuts. | |
| Mar 30, 2018 at 1:13 | comment | added | Charlie Brumbaugh | @Erik I wouldnt want to count the peanuts | |
| Mar 30, 2018 at 0:35 | comment | added | Erik | @ab2 styrofoam peanuts might compress in the pack | |
| Mar 29, 2018 at 22:20 | comment | added | ab2 | +1 But a shoebox isn't a cube, it is a rectangular parallelepiped. Also, to reduce the error, try to get a box that is much larger than a shoebox. Try styrofoam peanuts. Fill the box, count the peanuts, repeat with your pack. | |
| Mar 29, 2018 at 15:46 | comment | added | JPhi | Golf balls would work well, and if you go to a driving range, they probably have large buckets of balls you could "borrow" for the experiement. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 17:08 | history | edited | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 16:51 | history | edited | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2018 at 16:45 | comment | added | Erik | That makes sense. So I was just missing the last step where I stuff the t-shirts in an easily measurable/calculable container. | |
| Mar 28, 2018 at 16:43 | history | answered | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |