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<p>[QUOTE="bsowa1029, post: 1533495, member: 34652"]Looks like you bet there were 200 Ike's in the bag. But what you have failed to do was add in the weight of the bag.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the OP made the note that the number of coins in the bag is in intervals of 50, what this contest really comes down to is who can guess the weight of the bag when it is empty.</p><p>Because the only options we have for coin weight are 2.5 lbs, 5.0 lbs, 7.5 lbs, 10.0 lbs, and 12.5 lbs (I doubt 300 Ike's fit in that bag). Those are the weights for 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 Ike's. I rounded all those weights to the nearest half pound just to make this easier for me.</p><p>So I guess this contest comes down to three things: Who can guess how many Ike's are in the bag, who can do some basic conversions, and then who can guess closest to the weight of the bag when it's empty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bsowa1029, post: 1533495, member: 34652"]Looks like you bet there were 200 Ike's in the bag. But what you have failed to do was add in the weight of the bag. Since the OP made the note that the number of coins in the bag is in intervals of 50, what this contest really comes down to is who can guess the weight of the bag when it is empty. Because the only options we have for coin weight are 2.5 lbs, 5.0 lbs, 7.5 lbs, 10.0 lbs, and 12.5 lbs (I doubt 300 Ike's fit in that bag). Those are the weights for 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 Ike's. I rounded all those weights to the nearest half pound just to make this easier for me. So I guess this contest comes down to three things: Who can guess how many Ike's are in the bag, who can do some basic conversions, and then who can guess closest to the weight of the bag when it's empty.[/QUOTE]
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