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<blockquote data-quote="upfrombottom" data-source="post: 806297" data-attributes="member: 13088"><p>Most including me will take a guess at the losses. I actually sat down once to try and figure out what the actual loss was. It is actually quite easy with a little math. If you use ((piR^2)(width)) or (3.14159 x the radius squared x the width ) it will give you the volume of the bale. Just subtract the amount of the outside you are losing from the radius and take the difference of the two ( the original volume and the volume after the loss) and divide it by the original volume. Density and weight make no difference.</p><p></p><p>On a 4x5 bale the volume would be 3.14159x(30x30)x48= 135717.12 cubic inches. </p><p>Subtract the loss from the outside say three inches and the volume would be 3.14159x(27x27)x48=109930.56 cubic inches.</p><p>The difference is 135717.12-109930.56=25786.56.</p><p>25786.56 divided by the original volume will give the percentage of loss or 25786.56/135717.12=.19 or 19%. </p><p></p><p>Just losing the outside one inch is a 7% loss of that bale.</p><p></p><p>Clear as mud?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upfrombottom, post: 806297, member: 13088"] Most including me will take a guess at the losses. I actually sat down once to try and figure out what the actual loss was. It is actually quite easy with a little math. If you use ((piR^2)(width)) or (3.14159 x the radius squared x the width ) it will give you the volume of the bale. Just subtract the amount of the outside you are losing from the radius and take the difference of the two ( the original volume and the volume after the loss) and divide it by the original volume. Density and weight make no difference. On a 4x5 bale the volume would be 3.14159x(30x30)x48= 135717.12 cubic inches. Subtract the loss from the outside say three inches and the volume would be 3.14159x(27x27)x48=109930.56 cubic inches. The difference is 135717.12-109930.56=25786.56. 25786.56 divided by the original volume will give the percentage of loss or 25786.56/135717.12=.19 or 19%. Just losing the outside one inch is a 7% loss of that bale. Clear as mud? [/QUOTE]
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