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		MauranKilom on Nov 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ants trapped for years in an old bunker While a sphere is going to be in the same ballpark, a cube of 1mm³ is presumably easier to imagine.

projektfu on Nov 11, 2019 [–]

Except an ant looks like 3 spheres

asteli on Nov 11, 2019 | | [–]

For the purpose of this exercise, assume a rectilinear ant.

SiempreViernes on Nov 11, 2019 | | [–]

The commenter was pointing out that a sphere of volume 1 mm^3 has a diameter of 1.24 mm, while a sphere of diameter 1 mm has a volume of 0.52 mm^3.

Meanwhile a cube of side 1 mm has a volume of 1 mm^3.

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