For some of these, I estimate the number of items the base and then multiply by the height. Is there a better strategy, especially for items that don't fit into distinct layers?

Original post crossposted from !dailygames@lemmy.zip: https://piefed.social/post/1205620

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[โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A = pi(r^2) is a hell of a drug.

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  • Only when it jives with a sensible guesstimation.

    Without outright spoiling the answer, according to the site, roughly every visible hazelnut in the image makes up just 16% of the total. If my guess of 12 layers is roughly accurate, every visible hazelnut only makes up two layers of the total which doesnt seem correct.

    Considering this is a user submitted puzzle with zero verification (as far as I know), the simplest answer is that they gave a fake/incorrect number.

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