How many beans are in this tin?
Apr 29th 2011 | 4:53 am
#61
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
thank you all for your kind remarks.
I think, sir, you'll find plate #1 to contain 179 beans. I presume this one was the child's portion.
Unfortunately for me, and predictably, I fell into Novo's trap last night and annotated one of the photos. The beans have been counted and the photo shows how they've been counted so a peer review can take place.
I'll post the photo up tonight (it's not on this PC). The count for "plate #1" + the half-bean left in the bean tin was 150.5, I think.
I'll get the remaining photos annotated sometime over the weekend... I'm sure you're all "loving" the suspense...
I'll post the photo up tonight (it's not on this PC). The count for "plate #1" + the half-bean left in the bean tin was 150.5, I think.
I'll get the remaining photos annotated sometime over the weekend... I'm sure you're all "loving" the suspense...
Apr 29th 2011 | 5:56 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
I am resisting counting them myself. Perhaps christmasoompa could be roped in as a "neutral" referee
Last edited by iaink; Apr 29th 2011 at 6:26 am.
Apr 29th 2011 | 6:24 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
Apr 29th 2011 | 8:42 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
I know, I know, I'll get me coat.
Apr 29th 2011 | 8:52 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
Could we clarify how many beans make 5?
Apr 29th 2011 | 10:41 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
That's easy. I'm surprised that Greenhill hasn't already pointed out that the answer is 120.
This is because identical beans are indistinguishable from each other, and there are therefore 5! (5 factorial = 120) ways of filling the need to have 5 beans pop into existence.
This is because identical beans are indistinguishable from each other, and there are therefore 5! (5 factorial = 120) ways of filling the need to have 5 beans pop into existence.
Apr 29th 2011 | 11:58 am
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
Photo attached (I counted the whole beans in sections then scored the partial ones with a fraction rounded to 0.25 based on approximate size). I think it makes sense 
"Official" count so far...
1. Empty Tin 0.5
2. DSC02101
29.25
20
6
26.25
69
Sub Total: 150.5
Total (Tin+"plate #1"(DSC0201)) = 151
"Official" count so far...
1. Empty Tin 0.5
2. DSC02101
29.25
20
6
26.25
69
Sub Total: 150.5
Total (Tin+"plate #1"(DSC0201)) = 151
Apr 29th 2011 | 2:12 pm
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Re: How many beans are in this tin?
Photo attached (I counted the whole beans in sections then scored the partial ones with a fraction rounded to 0.25 based on approximate size). I think it makes sense
"Official" count so far...
1. Empty Tin 0.5
2. DSC02101
29.25
20
6
26.25
69
Sub Total: 150.5
Total (Tin+"plate #1"(DSC0201)) = 151
"Official" count so far...
1. Empty Tin 0.5
2. DSC02101
29.25
20
6
26.25
69
Sub Total: 150.5
Total (Tin+"plate #1"(DSC0201)) = 151
At the risk of thread drift, in a successful gambit to divert the OH from royal wedding programming, I've just been watching Bonny & Clyde on PBS.
Your latest photo reminds me of the final scene, presumably soon after the preliminary autopsy.
