would approximate it to a squashed hemisphere of coins with radius of 10 coins, (2/3) * pi * 10^3 coins ~ 2000 coins considering an average of 10 c per coin since most coins are the smaller darker ones
191,70 € Pedro Bicudo's idea didn't look bad to me, but I used a somewhat different radius, and made it a squashed half watermelon, and made wild guesses abuot the relative abundance of Euro coins in small donations (the 50 ¢ dominate, because this is "ne Maak").
As a child I had a bank in the shape of a small cash register, with a slot for coins and a lever to pull which would empty the slot into the inside and add the coin's value to a total shown at the top front. When the total reached $10, the back would open and I could empty the bank to buy Christmas presents for my brothers and sister and parents. At a an allowance of a nickel ($0.05) a day, it seemed to take forever to fill up that bank. To this day if I see a penny ($0.01) on the sidewalk I pick it up.
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The twins' piggy banks are full, so I've slaughtered them. Put in your guess of how much they've swallowed and you can win a (new) copy of Chad Orzel's book "How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog". (No, I'm not getting paid for this, I have a copy I don't need and hope it will make somebody happy.) You can put in your guess until Monday, midnight, East Coast Time. I will only take into account guesses posted in the comments - do not send me an email. I am looking for the amount in Cent or Euro, not the number of coins. The winners will be announced Tuesday morning. Good luck!
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posted by Sabine Hossenfelder at 12:58 PM on Nov 8, 2014
"Make a guess, win a book."
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$22.22 USD of course - because good things come in twos. :)
1:44 PM, November 08, 2014
$15.00 USD
1:50 PM, November 08, 2014
52 Euros
2:21 PM, November 08, 2014
€31
2:21 PM, November 08, 2014
200,00 €
your daughters are rich!
would approximate it to a squashed hemisphere of coins with radius of 10 coins, (2/3) * pi * 10^3 coins ~ 2000 coins
considering an average of 10 c per coin since most coins are the smaller darker ones
my guess is 2000 * 0.1 = 200 euros
Pedro
2:37 PM, November 08, 2014
322.16 Euros
:)
2:43 PM, November 08, 2014
98 euros
3:36 PM, November 08, 2014
62 Euros
5:08 PM, November 08, 2014
Imagine the result if one were to moisten the pile with electrolyte - the Gatorade Device.
7:38 PM, November 08, 2014
79.84 Euros
8:41 PM, November 08, 2014
115 euros 33 cents
10:21 PM, November 08, 2014
58 euros 20 cents
12:22 AM, November 09, 2014
pi*50 Euros/e ~ 57.78654148947128 euros
2:25 AM, November 09, 2014
37 euros
4:00 AM, November 09, 2014
Being a twin myself, and having twin sisters, maybe I have an edge.
$24.05 USD.
5:28 AM, November 09, 2014
33 euro
5:46 AM, November 09, 2014
191,70 €
Pedro Bicudo's idea didn't look bad to me, but I used a somewhat different radius, and made it a squashed half watermelon, and made wild guesses abuot the relative abundance of Euro coins in small donations (the 50 ¢ dominate, because this is "ne Maak").
8:10 AM, November 09, 2014
6398 Mauritanian Ouguiya
(because it's roughly the area of a triangle of base pi^5 and height 42 in weird units - so I guess there must be some meaning)
8:43 AM, November 09, 2014
I don't have a dog to teach QM to. Just for the fun, I would bet €100 for each piggy bank.
11:15 AM, November 09, 2014
Exactly 37.15
1:02 PM, November 09, 2014
42
What else?
3:46 PM, November 09, 2014
72 Euros
10:32 PM, November 09, 2014
120 Euros
11:07 PM, November 09, 2014
EUR 97.
2:15 AM, November 10, 2014
44,43 euros
3:09 AM, November 10, 2014
40 euro's exactly!
5:33 AM, November 10, 2014
I see, autism test...
6:50 AM, November 10, 2014
$127.43 USD, just because...
8:36 AM, November 10, 2014
157.33 Euros.
Does that mean you don't have to know QM in order to teach it?
Also, will there be behavioral changes to the dog?
8:52 AM, November 10, 2014
My guess is $18.52.
6:42 PM, November 10, 2014
82 Euros
7:07 PM, November 10, 2014
$27.18.
As a child I had a bank in the shape of a small cash register, with a slot for coins and a lever to pull which would empty the slot into the inside and add the coin's value to a total shown at the top front. When the total reached $10, the back would open and I could empty the bank to buy Christmas presents for my brothers and sister and parents. At a an allowance of a nickel ($0.05) a day, it seemed to take forever to fill up that bank. To this day if I see a penny ($0.01) on the sidewalk I pick it up.
7:13 PM, November 10, 2014
37,80 €
3:19 AM, November 11, 2014