SOLUTION: I have a jar that has a circumference of 28.5 and a height of 12.5. It is hermetically sealed and inside there are normal sized jelly beans, filling the jar completely. How can I

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Question 31283: I have a jar that has a circumference of 28.5 and a height of 12.5. It is hermetically sealed and inside there are normal sized jelly beans, filling the jar completely. How can I figure out how many jelly beans are inside with out counting all of them?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You could fill another, identical jar with jelly beans and count them
Sinced you have the measurements you could construct a container just
like the jar.

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