SOLUTION: The M&M jar has a square base with a length and width of 7 cm and a height of 6.5 cm. What would be the most reasonable UPPER LIMIT for the number of M&M's in the jar of the choice

Question 1144808: The M&M jar has a square base with a length and width of 7 cm and a height of 6.5 cm. What would be the most reasonable UPPER LIMIT for the number of M&M's in the jar of the choices below?
REMINDER: Rectangular Prism Volume = l · w · h
A. 100
B. 10,000
C. 100,000
D. 1,000,000

Is B correct?

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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Presuming the inside dimensions of the jar are 7 cm by 7 cm by 6.5 cm, and using 0.636 cm^3 as the approximate volume of a single M&M, and assuming that about 32% of the volume in the jar is air, the actual number of M&Ms in the jar is in the neighborhood of 340. So 100 is more than 3 times to small, but 10,000 is nearly 30 times too large. Hence, none of the answers is very descriptive of the given situation. What is your teacher's definition of "reasonable upper limit"?

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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