AndyMan;381479 wrote: Think about it this way.......
<span style="color: #0000ff"> <span style="font-size: 14px">(pi)</span>r2h will never be <span style="font-size: 14px">(2</span>r<span style="font-size: 14px">)</span>2h</span>
I suggest respectfully that you lookup your volume calculators and re-evaluate (let alone that your average "bucket" isn't actually a true cylinder, it's actually a cone) and that throws the calculation ever further off the mark
ignoring the shipping scenario. because you are right, shipping a box is easier than a bucket, but mathematically 200g worth of salt takes up the same amount of "space" no matter what shape it is in. It's just a pain to ship a bucket because it's harder to stack on top of or around.