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Re: [Phys-l] Good Questions



Note:

Reflections on the packing of spheres. Mathematical Games, Sci. Am. p.174 ff. May 1960

bc, sometimes a very good memory.

Herb Gottlieb wrote:

Cliff (and others)

In response to Cliff's challenge below, here are some "good ?" questions
that come right from the top of my pointy head.... ......
1. Given a round fish bowl a round marble and a ruler, predict the number
of these marbles that would be required to fill the bowl to the top.

2.After students have had sufficient time to calculate and record their predictions, pull out your store of marbles. Have a student drop the
marbles into the fish bowl, a few at a time, while the rest of the class
keep an accurate count.


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