Find the diameter of smallest possible cylindrical jar
Geometry
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Find the diameter of the smallest possible cylindrical jar that can hold 7 unit diameter tin cans of the same height as the jar.
The answer is 3.
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1 solution
The densest packing of seven circles can be done in the way illustrated above giving answer as 3 units.