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DanMarotta12-Amethyst
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April 27, 2011
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The Math of Pringles

  • April 27, 2011
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This is probably old news to some...I caught this story on msnbc, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619//vp/42462968#42462968

It talks about the recent sale of Pringles for $2Billion and how the chip's shape is a perfect hyperbolic paraboloid.

Pringles.jpg

I was wondering if any Mathcad members would be willing to recreate the Pringle using Mathcad, display their take on the hyperbolic paraboloid or share other examples of engineered food here.

For some inspiration, here is a Ho Hos extruder, http://communities.ptc.com/docs/DOC-1347

-Dan

Best answer by RichardJ

Here you go.

pringle.gif

Don't eat it all at once

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RichardJ19-TanzaniteAnswer
19-Tanzanite
April 27, 2011

Here you go.

pringle.gif

Don't eat it all at once

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
April 28, 2011

And sound too...

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
April 28, 2011

I don't know what codec you used for that video, but it does not play correctly for me using either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player.

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