For some of these, I estimate the number of items the base and then multiply by the height. Is there a better strategy, especially for items that don’t fit into distinct layers?
Original post crossposted from !dailygames@lemmy.zip: https://piefed.social/post/1205620
Guess here: 🔗 https://estimate-me.aukspot.com/archive/2025-08-29
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I did
V=pi×r²×h
and estimated:
r=4 (from some at the top left)
h=12
This gave 603. The link said too high, so realized I’d neglected packing factor. Google said that spheres typically pack at 64% efficiency, so I guessed 386. Too low.
These aren’t spheres, though, so the packing efficiency could be better, like 72% or better. These look better packed than those vases filled with glass marbles. So it could even be in the 80s.
Yeah I went 80% next which was too high. 72% is very close to the answer in the link.
Is there a name for this equation ands can you explain the pix part of the equation?
Its not “pix” its “pi * r² * h”. It’s a basic equation for the volume (V) of a cylinder.
Gotcha, thanks.
It’s the volume of a cylinder, pi times height times radius squared
Oh. Thanks. :)