Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:49:50 -0800
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com
From: Mark Balzer <mbalzer@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Re: Balloon Calculations

>I just had a customer call and wants me to blow up 11" balloons for a tent
>next week.  She wants them just suspended on the ceiling with very long
>ribbons.  The tent is an A frame tent 20' x 20'

An "A-frame tent" looks like this:

    http://www.cylinderstoves.com/camping-wall-tent/

Do you really mean an "A-frame tent," or do you instead mean a "Frame 
tent," or "Pole tent"... i.e., tents with pyramidal roofs?


>it will be heated and it will have drop down sides.
>The height of the tent is approx. 12'

Is that the height of the roof's peak?  How high are the walls?  In 
other words, at what height does the roof start?


>How many balloons do you think it will take to fill the tent?  Help!

A-frame tent calc's:

If by "fill the tent" you mean fill the A-frame tent's triangular 
prism roof completely, leaving a flat ceiling of balloons, then, 
assuming 7' walls, I'd estimate it would take approximately 1333 
balloons.

If by "fill the tent" you mean cover the inside of the A-frame tent's 
triangular prism roof with a single layer of balloons, then, assuming 
7' walls, I'd estimate it would take between 530 and 620 balloons, 
approximately.

Frame tent calc's:

If by "fill the tent" you mean fill the frame tent's pyramidal roof 
completely, leaving a flat ceiling of balloons, then, assuming 7' 
walls, I'd estimate it would take approximately 890 balloons.

If by "fill the tent" you mean cover the inside of the frame tent's 
pyramidal roof with a single layer of balloons, then, assuming 7' 
walls, I'd estimate it would take between 530 and 620 balloons, 
approximately.


I hope this helps,

Mark
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