Ripit Community Competition: “Jelly Bean Count”
🚀 Mission Briefing:
Ripit’s sugar cravings have reached an all-time high, and he just bought a jar packed full of delicious jelly beans to fuel his froggy brain. But wait—how many jelly beans are in the jar? Ripit can’t figure it out, and he needs your help!
🎯 Your Objective:
Check out this 3D image of the jar of jelly beans and calculate how many beans it holds. Extra points for showing your calculations.
💰 Prizes for the funniest entry:
The winner will receive $50 of Ripits to fuel their meme-coin journey to the moon (& beyond)! 🌕💸
📜 How to Enter:
Join our Telegram.
Post your calculations using the hashtag $Ripit and tag @RipitMoon
Submit as many entries as you’d like—go wild!
📅 Timeline:
Winner announced on Telegram on Feb16th, 2025
🏆 Judging Criteria:
Our judges will review all entries and rank them based on:
Originality
Humor
Accuracy
How Ripit would do it.
Step 1: Count your fingers
You’ve got 10 fingers, right? That’s a good starting point. Let’s call this your "calibration constant."
Step 2: Measure the jar height in "bean units"
Press your nose to the jar. By highly scientific squinting, you estimate the jar is 25 jelly beans tall. This is now your "vertical bean factor."
Step 3: Measure the jar diameter
Use the ancient unit of measurement: "the thumb width." You determine the jar is roughly 12 thumbs wide. Each thumb is worth about 2.5 jelly beans, so:
Jar diameter in beans=12×2.5=30 beans
Step 4: Approximate the volume of the jar
You vaguely remember from school that jars are kind of like cylinders. So, you calculate the approximate bean-capable volume:
Volume in beans=π×(diameter in beans2)2×height in beans
Plugging in your numbers:
- Volume in beans=3.14×(15)2×25≈17,662 beans
Step 5: Correct for "bean chaos"
Jelly beans don’t stack perfectly because they have no respect for order. Reduce the total by 30% for randomness:
- Adjusted beans=17,662×0.7≈12,363
Step 6: Apply the “munch factor”
You absentmindedly ate a few beans during this process. Subtract 23 beans (or whatever seems reasonable):
Final count=12,363−23=12,340