Pot Luck Coffee and Geometry 02 08 2025

Pot Luck Coffee and Geometry 02 08 2025

(Disclaimer, this is meant for entertainment purposes only. Unless a relevant true nre point is made then it can be attributed to me.)

So I get to the dregs of a small bag of coffee and I have already bought a new small bag of coffee before I finish that first bag. And I looked in my freezer and saw about half a dozen to a dozen bags of nearly empty coffee. And I put them in that metal bowl. Now because of my artistic license I can say that that metal bowel is like a cylinder with the following dimensions; diameter 8.5” and height of coffee in it being 3” and with those numbers I should get a fairly good idea of the volume of that coffee. But will it fit into the white jar that has the dimensions in terms of what I think it can hold in terms of volume as being 5.5” diameter and 7” high. You see I am accounting for those rounded bases with a sort of synthesis factor into the analysis. And I think some of you want to say already, just by looking at those numbers that of course the coffee will all fit in the white jug. But you have to realize before I start pouring tha tcoffee in there I want to make sure it will hold it all because I don't want any overflow mess to clean up. Not that I care about if I have to throw out a half a cup of coffee grounds if it overfills it. No, I just don't want to have to clean up any mess of that. Perhaps that is something that those who believe themselves to be the greatest chemists in the world might have a hard time understanding; the mess you made.

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So the volume of the metal would be and the volume of the white plastic would be....if my formula is right. And I will look it up and others in a moment.

52.9375 cubic inches white plastic

54.1875 cubic inches metal

Now I would express those in formulas with proper variables right here but there is somebody who is a billionaire that shouldn't be in terms of software innovation. So I have to digress to make a point.

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You know who shouldn't be a billionaire? In an office software program I should be able to seemlessly write an equation into a word processing document and have it show up like that right there and be highly functioning. That would indeed spur engineering in the good old USA. That is something that would truly make America great. In summary the spreadsheet and the word processor should have been seamlessly integrated by now.

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And so per my scientific calculations I have 1.25 cubic inches excess coffee that will not fit in the plastic. But it is okay as I will be transferring the coffee over the sink or garbage can or perhaps my garden.

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So you know how to calculate the volume of a box. That is really easy. It is the area of the base times the height.

But what about a cylinder? That would be the area of the circle base times the height. Again fairly easy. But is that how you remember it being taught?

Now what about a cone? Is there an easy way to just verbally express what the area or volume of a cone is? The cone is 1/3 of what it would be if it were a cylinder as per my calculations depict above. So lets say that a soda can has the same height as an Ice Cream waffle part. And that the top of the waffle part of the cone is the same diameter as the diameter of the soda can. Then it is simple to remember that the cone of those dimensions has 1/3 the volume of that can. Seems like you got cheated on ice cream doesn't it.

Then what about a sphere? What is the volume of a sphere? Have you ever heard, in your entire life, someone simply express the formula of what the area of a sphere is?

Well here is the formula: V = (4/3)πr3

But how can that simply be expressed? How does that make sense? And why? Because the volume area of a circle is πr^2 So lets say that is really πrr that is really that is really then you are taking into the height of the circle with πr3 as really being πrrr and then you have to give that a magnifiying power of 4/3 which is really 1 1/3 magnifiying power. But why? Why that amount? What makes sense as it being that amount? 1 1/3*pie rrr and in this case does the order of operations make a difference? I don't have time to fact check it. But basically you are squaring something that is sort of constant, so perhaps it doesn't? So lets try and jimmy this a bit.

My pie r^2 is the area of a circle. You multiply that by the radius again and you get half the height of the sphere. Essentially the radius is half the height of the sphere. So that would be the area of a cylinder with the height of the cylinder equal to the radius of the cylinder. Could be verbally thought of as a cylinder area applied using square box type dimensions. Although not completely accurate per an argumentative type?

But what if you plugged into the calculation the diameter of the cylinder thinking you could calculate the area of a sphere like that? Because the diameter is the height of the sphere? You would have too much wouldn't you. You would be off by too much by what you would have to trim away from a metaphorical block of foam or marble in the shape of such a cylinder to make it the most voluminous sphere possible.

I think that perhaps the explanation needs to be figured out by figuring out what the area of half a sphere is first. Call it a dome and then adding that together with itself.

But lets attempt to make sense of that formula for the volume of a sphere without looking up the answer as to why it is right first. Seeing as my metal bowl is more like a dome that a cylinder, but we won't need make mention of that. Because I feel confident in my analysis above.

That formula isn't cubing the radius, it is multiplying it by three. But why? What area does that represent. Now first lets run some numbers as to the difference of a radius squared and a radius mulitplied by three in the area calculation.

25. is the radius of my metal bowl 2.75 is the radius of my plastic jug.

25. *4.25 Verus 4.25 *3

2.75*2.75 versus 2.75 x 3

4.25x4.25=18.0625 4.25x3=12.75

2.75x2.75=7.5625 2.75x3=8.25

Important to note that sphere formula is not squared or cubed it is multiply radius by three. Another way to read that might be 1.5 the diameter. So the formula is really 1 1/3 x pie x d x 1.5

But why?

I think I am going to have to figure out and demonstrate the area of a dome first? In order to understand this? The only reason I know this is because I look at picture related to the sphere formula first. Just to let you know.

UGG, no no. That formula was not accurately depicted online! Someone made a mistake!!!!!! Not me! It is the radius cubed!!!!! It is really this 4/3 x pie x r^3

Okay back on track. And I am going to line through some of the above so you don't have to learn it the wrong way the way the internet would have fooled you up good!! Fooled and flunked by the internet. And what is AI to me? Another way to squeeze the money out of the American people when the form of government you always really loved is called parliament. Where a blusterous idiot can run off at the mouth with reckless abandon.

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I got to stop. This is so disturbing that that formula was listed incorrectly on the internet. Gd flat earther Luddites. They will have you listening to a clown instead of a teacher because that is the only thing that makes you happy.

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V = (4/3)πr^3

So you cube the radius. A way to think about that is in three dimensions right? Pie times the radius at the x, y and z dimensions of the sphere? Sounds like it should somehow get you into range right? But what if it were a square? And you took half the side of a square/box and cubed it? And then compared that to what you get from the true formula?

To take things out of context here. If pie r^2 is the area of a circle. Then what is pie x r^3 the area of? It is not the area of a sphere with that radius. It is the area of a smaller sphere of that radius, hence the multiplication factor of 1 1/3 is needed?

What I am getting at is why isn't there a simpler formula? There has to be a simpler constant based formula?

But let's run the numbers on it. Using the height of my metal bowl as the radius and not the diameter.

The height of my metal bowl is 3” So the area of a sphere with that as the radius would be: 1 1 1/3 x pie x 9=

But pie x r^3 is the area of what? Pie x 9=

I don't like those numbers. Lets use something a little more far out. We will use arbitraily use 5.5.

1 1/3 x pie x 166.375=

versus

pie x 30.25=

With diameter applied

Wait a minute lets forget about pie altogether. What is the relationship between the vlume of a cube to the volume of a sphere. Is it a constant? I think it has to be. I would have to run the numbers. But if you were to figure that out. You could likely simplify the equation? But could it be simplified with more accuracy? Very interesting point.

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So lets run the numbers Square versus Sphere volume and see what the constant is.

Arbitrarily using diameter as 5.5 and side of square as 5.5

Square volume equals 5.5^3=166.375

Sphere volume equals 1 1/3 x pie x (.5x5.5)^3=87.0973125

So the constant would be (if it can be a constant) 87.0973125/166.375=.5235

Expressed as the area of a sphere is equal to .5235 the area of a square with the diameter of the sphere being equal to that of the side of a square. So it has a lot of implications with regard to missing matter in space or dark matter? You don't quite loose half your volume. But then what is the relationship of what the missing or clipped volume of the square to get to the volume of the sphere is?

Follow me on this one? That missing volume equates to the diameter of what sized sphere in terms of the sphere in question? How much of a sphere is made up by the missing volume of a square to a sphere? And what is the constant of such a comparison of spheres?

Do you see why a spreadsheet needs to be seamlessly incorporated into a word writing text type document?'

Vol sphere one minus vol sphere two divided by vol sphere one is the constant I am looking at.

(VS1-VS2)/VS1= equals such constant if there is such a constant.

(166.375- 87.0973125)/166.375= .4765

But what about real world math of it. Our planet isn't a perfect sphere is it. Are all celestial bodies that same way, essentially oblate spheroids? What about the sun? The sun has to be a sphere or is it?

What am I getting at? The math of God? Is the math of God such that the area of an oblate spheroid inside a box of its sides is more 50/50 than the fraction above? More equal?

So gravitational forces distort a sphere to be an oblate spheroid. And gravitational forces are determined by mass composition? Or Substance? Does a heavier substance equate to more of or less of a sphere or oblate spheroid as it is? Is it just the property of mass of the atomic composition or can it be thought of as other terms of composition of mass such as malleability and tensile strength that also could play a role into the distortion of sphere to oblate spheroid? And does it have relevance in astrophysics?

Somebody already figured this out already just like the posted the wrong formula for the volume of a sphere?

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Note, needed “Equation recognition in a word or text writing document.”

“Oh but we would need more computing power.” And there is another problem. We are not really getting more computer power for our dollars versus 5 years ago? Where is that power sucked up into? Virus detection? Do we really have better file management software on operating systems today? No. Do we have better search engines on web browsers no, they are worse. They have been bought out. What do we need AI for; everything is already gone. I don't need AI to figure that out for me. I don't need AI to figure out what is wrong with our country either, I already know.

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I got to stop. I can't error check this or continue with it. That spoiled horses head voice is having a fit. Ever hear the threat by organized crime? “You are going to get a horses head in your bed?” It really is a metaphor that they are going to give you schizophrenia with a retard mysteriously insulting you.

© 2025 Thomas Paul Murphy

Math.net got the formula wrong?

the volume of a sphere - Search

Whose new math is that?  Per my education it isn't written at r3 it is written as r^3

Look, see for yourself, it is wrong!

You it is a real shame that my article was sidetracked by this.