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How many tarts does it take to fill up a 2500cc gas tank?
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Tarts can be different sizes, so this answer obviously depends on the type of tart. I am basing this off the "small" tart shells you see filled with custard and berries at parties. Amazon.com describes this as the 1.5" shell. That is the diameter at its highest. Going from memory, the height was maybe 3/4", and the smaller surface had a diameter of an inch. This means that at its widest the shell could be transcribed by a square that had a 1.5" side and at its smallest, by a square with a one inch side.
Tart shells obviously aren't perfectly rectangular; they have sloping sides. Just how much it slopes varies from shell to shell. But assuming the sides slope at corresponding degrees (so two tarts lie flat against each other), two tarts will have a volume that averages out to to the same as a rectangle, where the short side is the height of the shell and the long side is the sum of the sides of those transcribing squares. In other words:
Volume of two tarts = 1.5+1*0.75
This means each tart has a volume of 0.9375 cubic inches.
Now your 2500cc gas tank is in cc - cubic centimeters. So you have to convert the above volume. It works out to about 2.38 cubic centimeters (using 2.54 cm=1 inch). Your 2500cc gas tank works out to about 1,050.42 tarts of this size.
All this assumes you are putting the tarts in perfectly evenly, so they don't break. (The volume of each broken tart would change, depending on how much air escapes as a result of breaking.) It also assumes the tank is designed to evenly fit in tarts as exactly as possible. It's probably cylindrical, so there will be some space that won't be filled unless you break the tarts and squoosh it in. Luckily these two factors cancel each other out. If you accidentally break a few tarts and also leave some areas unfilled because of the shape of the tank, it will still work out to roughly 1,050 tarts. It's impossible to calculate the answer more clearly without knowing more about the composition of the tarts (how squooshable they are), how much force you will press them in with, and the exact size of the tank.
But I think it's a fair rough estimate, to say it will take a bit more than a thousand small-sized tarts to fill an engine of this size.
Tart shells obviously aren't perfectly rectangular; they have sloping sides. Just how much it slopes varies from shell to shell. But assuming the sides slope at corresponding degrees (so two tarts lie flat against each other), two tarts will have a volume that averages out to to the same as a rectangle, where the short side is the height of the shell and the long side is the sum of the sides of those transcribing squares. In other words:
Volume of two tarts = 1.5+1*0.75
This means each tart has a volume of 0.9375 cubic inches.
Now your 2500cc gas tank is in cc - cubic centimeters. So you have to convert the above volume. It works out to about 2.38 cubic centimeters (using 2.54 cm=1 inch). Your 2500cc gas tank works out to about 1,050.42 tarts of this size.
All this assumes you are putting the tarts in perfectly evenly, so they don't break. (The volume of each broken tart would change, depending on how much air escapes as a result of breaking.) It also assumes the tank is designed to evenly fit in tarts as exactly as possible. It's probably cylindrical, so there will be some space that won't be filled unless you break the tarts and squoosh it in. Luckily these two factors cancel each other out. If you accidentally break a few tarts and also leave some areas unfilled because of the shape of the tank, it will still work out to roughly 1,050 tarts. It's impossible to calculate the answer more clearly without knowing more about the composition of the tarts (how squooshable they are), how much force you will press them in with, and the exact size of the tank.
But I think it's a fair rough estimate, to say it will take a bit more than a thousand small-sized tarts to fill an engine of this size.
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