Re: [math-fun] cubic eqn in everyday life.

=Bill Gosper 1) Two blips on the radar are exactly a mile away and 40 deg apart. How far apart are they?

Or, "The sun is roughly 100 million miles away and looks half a degree wide. About how big is it?" But I'm not getting how these are cubic?

...the largest capacity pie tin you can make ...holds a human blood supply(!?) (6.02qt)

I've heard of blood pudding, but PIE?! Dude, I am so NOT trick 'r treating at your house!