Monday, October 19, 2015

The soup can problem

Here is the soup can dimensions:
Data is retrieved from the following link: http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/campbells-soup-can-chicken-with-rice-soup 

Here is the bicycle dimensions:

 data is retrieved from the following link: https://www.google.ca/search?q=bicycle+dimensions&biw=1920&bih=943&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAGoVChMI49nG2aTOyAIV5FCmCh1R5gJS&dpr=1#q=bicycle+length

The picture of the big can and bicycle is below:
Roughly, the length of the bicycle in the picture is 1.19 in, while the length of the can is 2.96 in. Thus the true dimensions of the can is (2.96/1.19) * (4*2.625*2.625) (all in inches) = 9.9496 inch * 6.5294 inch * 6.5294 inch.


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