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guess the number of jelly beans in the jar. the jar is 20 cm tall and 8 cm side on the bottom..a jelly been is approximately 1cm×1cm

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We can find the total area of the jar assuming that it has a rectangular shape:


A=20\cdot8=160\operatorname{cm}^2

since each jellybean measures approximately 1cm x 1cm, this means that the area of each jellybean is 1cm^2,then, we have that there can fit 160/1 = 160 jellybeans

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