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The "So why not for everyone?" section is interesting, but misses the reason the tuna can is actually the worst shape on the list: it's optimized for surface a
by ethomson 12y ago
The "So why not for everyone?" section is interesting, but misses the reason the tuna can is actually the worst shape on the list: it's optimized for surface area of the top and bottom of the can! Tuna is actually cooked in the can (retort cooking) and the high surface area is beneficial to this process.
Maybe not the most useful thing I learned in Calc 1, but the thing I remember best.
- raverbashing 12y agoExactly Also, you won't be able to use a can opener if the diameter is too small, since can openers work in a straight line, if the diameter is too small it won't fit in the curvature
- ufmace 12y agoThat's what I figured. Consider that the volume of a tuna can is probably limited to roughly 1 meal worth. If you made it with optimal dimensions, based on material usage, then the diameter might be too small for a normal can opener, and it might be too narrow to get all of the tuna out easily.
- bdamm 12y agoThe tomato paste can disproves your theory.