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Title: Engineering Question Post by: MacPhail on November 23, 2006, 05:27:20 pm How many Cadbury Mini's can one fit in a Honda Fit?
Submit your answer here (http://www.canada.com/findit/contests/caramilkminis/index.html) by 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 13th. BTW - I'm going to go do some research this weekend on the subject. Anyone car to test drive a Honda Fit with me as I take a trip to a few grocery stores to buy candy? :D Cheers, Derek Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: aaron88 on November 23, 2006, 05:34:10 pm Aparently you can make a new guess every day.
Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: FieroBUZZ on November 23, 2006, 05:38:11 pm Sorry, thought this thread was about trains. >:(
Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: aaron88 on November 23, 2006, 05:40:24 pm Hint:
Cargo room plus pasenger room. Drop a mini in a full glass of water and weigh the overflow, or measure the remainder. 1g of water = 1mL Convert units. Aaron . Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: FieroBUZZ on November 23, 2006, 05:45:33 pm Hint, take a Fit for a test drive. Fill it with expanding foam and then cut it out in pieces. Measure the volume of the foam pieces and divide by the volume of a Cadbury mini. >:D
Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: FieroBUZZ on November 23, 2006, 05:48:01 pm Oh and don't forget when you talk to the salesman and give him your info ...... your name is MacPhail. Mention the fact that you are a movie star. ^-^
By the way Derek, did you make it past editing? Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: MacPhail on November 23, 2006, 05:49:43 pm I saw myself in several scenes including the scene they showed on the Space channel (it was only 5 seconds long...but hey, I'm in it!).
The movie won't be out on DVD for a while yet as they are trying to find a distributor to buy the movie. Cheers, Derek Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: MacPhail on November 23, 2006, 05:53:14 pm 111.3 cubic feet. I'm guessing a Mini is 1 cubic inch.
1 cubic foot is 1,728 cubic inches....so....hmmm.....192,327 Mini's?! Cheers, Derek Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: MacPhail on November 24, 2006, 09:36:09 am Today's guess: 240,410...the Mini's may be smaller than 1 cubic inch.
Cheers, Derek Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: aaron88 on November 24, 2006, 09:47:42 pm 111.3 cubic feet. I'm guessing a Mini is 1 cubic inch. Don't guess, calculate. Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: MacPhail on January 05, 2007, 10:39:27 am The answer from the contest website:
The correct answer is approximately 122,357 Caramilk Minis can fit inside a Honda Fit. Cheers, Derek Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: FieroBUZZ on January 05, 2007, 11:06:42 am Today's guess: 240,410 Cheers, Derek 122,357???? I believe that the problem here was that you had to put the bar in the car. Not take a bite and put the other half in the Hodna ;D Title: Re: Engineering Question Post by: jjminiman on January 25, 2007, 11:07:08 am take the total cubic footage of the inside of the fit and divide by cubic foot of the egg or convert to easier lime mili liter
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