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Dec 6, 2015 at 17:35	comment	added	user1717828		@AndrewCoonce, as you say, packing density affects both values by the same fraction, so doesn't change which is more valuable.
S May 31, 2015 at 20:30	history	edited	user1717828	CC BY-SA 3.0	Fix formatting of units
S May 31, 2015 at 20:30	history	suggested	CommunityBot	CC BY-SA 3.0	Fix formatting of units
May 31, 2015 at 19:34	review	Suggested edits
S May 31, 2015 at 20:30
May 29, 2015 at 1:32	history	edited	user1717828	CC BY-SA 3.0	fixed value of dime
May 28, 2015 at 22:28	comment	added	alc		Also, I think you meant the dime equation to be $10¢/V$, not $5¢/V$. :-)
May 28, 2015 at 22:18	comment	added	alc		You haven't taken into account packing density in your calculation. It will have the same net effect on both values, assuming an arbitrarily large volume compared to the objects being packed, scaling by a ratio of ~0.9069. (Exact value: pi/(2*root(3)))
May 28, 2015 at 17:00	history	edited	user1717828	CC BY-SA 3.0	quoting on puzzling.SE is hard
May 28, 2015 at 16:59	review	First posts
May 28, 2015 at 17:01
May 28, 2015 at 16:55	history	answered	user1717828	CC BY-SA 3.0