SOLUTION: Approximately how many beans 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter could fit in a cylindrical jar that measures 30 cm tall and 10 cm in diameter?

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Question 1116709: Approximately how many beans 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter could fit in a cylindrical jar that measures 30 cm tall and 10 cm in diameter?
Found 2 solutions by Shin123, ikleyn:
Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by ikleyn(52898) About Me  (Show Source):
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I hope this engineering toolbox will help you to answer your question:

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See also

https://planetcalc.com/7473/

https://planetcalc.com/7473/

from which I got  80  small circles inside the big circle at   R%2Fr = 10.


Then the total number of beans in the jar  (estimation)  is   80*(30/2) = 1200.