@AmazonHelp Don’t get me wrong though @amazon, this is a math teacher’s dream for volume/capacity and optimization problems.
@AmazonHelp @amazon So since none of my students want to attend my Zoom office hour today, I should give you a math lesson today, @amazon.
@AmazonHelp @amazon So I had questions forming in my head: What percentage of the capacity of the box was used with this order? (Educated guesses first, reasoning later) @amazon
@AmazonHelp @amazon Approximately how much of the capacity of the box is wasted? How do the air pockets come into play with this wasted space? How much does one air pocket take up in the box? If I had an empty box, approximately how many air pockets would fill it? @amazon
@AmazonHelp @amazon Back to the items now, how do the dimensions (length, width, height) of the box relate to the dimensions of the stacked items? Can any claims about volume be made? If I were to order multiples of these same items, how many could go in the same box? @amazon
@AmazonHelp @amazon Now scale it up: How much space is wasted in delivery trucks that deliver these items? Do they have to reload their delivery trucks during the workday? How much cardboard is being used? Overused? Plastic added to the environment 😳? @amazon
@AmazonHelp @amazon Thank you, @amazon, for this wonderful opportunity to think deeply about this situation during my unfulfilling Zoom office hour. It at least generated a plethora of questions in which mathematics can be utilized to help answer them. #iteachmath #mtbos
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