Question

You could win a giant jar of M&Ms, if only you could guess how many are in the jar. You find a smallerjar such that the giant one is exactly four times the smaller one in each dimension. If you count 115M&Ms in the smaller jar, about how many should be in the larger jar?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 7360 M&Ms in larger jar.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

A giant jar is such that it is exactly four times times the smaller jar in dimensions.

If r and h is the radius and height of the cylindrical jar respectively, then the dimensions of the larger are:

$R = 4r\\H=4h$

Number of M&Ms in smaller jar = 115

Volume of smaller jar =

$v = \dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h$

Volume of larger jar =

$V =\dfrac{1}{3}\pi R^2 H=\dfrac{64}{3}\pi r^2 h$

Number of M&Ms in larger jar:

$v = \dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h\rightarrow 115\\\\V=\dfrac{64}{3}\pi r^2 h\rightarrow 115\times 64\\\\V=\dfrac{64}{3}\pi r^2 h\rightarrow 7360$

Thus, there are 7360 M&Ms in larger jar.