The float factor is the amount of liquid in a container. For example, a bottle of water is a float factor of 1.00. A glass of wine is 1.35, and a gallon of milk is 2.00.
The float factor is important because of the simple reason that if your milk comes in containers of different shapes, that will affect your milk’s float factor. A pitcher of water is a float factor of 1.00, for example, and a glass of wine is 1.35.
Because of the float factor, you can’t use a bottle of water to pour out a glass of wine. Likewise you can’t use a glass or pitcher to pour out a gallon of milk. The same is true with a pitcher of water. Because of the float factor, you can’t pour out a gallon of water or a gallon of milk.
A pitcher of water is a float factor of 1.00, and a glass of wine is 1.35.
It’s a simple equation. A pitcher is the same as a glass, a bottle is the same as any other container. A bottle is a float factor of 1.00, because the ratio of bottle to pitcher is 1.
The problem is, how do you know if your pitcher is a 1.0 or a 1.35? Just do some math. The ratio of bottle to pitcher is 1.00. Your pitcher is 1.35 because your bottle is 0.35.
You’re on the beach, it’s the same as the old cartoon shark swimming ashore.
The formula works, but it doesn’t tell you what the ratio of a bottle to a pitcher is. Because the ratio of a bottle to a glass is 1.35, the ratio of a bottle to a pitcher is 1.35. Youre on the beach, the ratio of bottle to pitcher is 1.00. You are in the water, the ratio of bottle to pitcher is 1.35. Youre in the water, the ratio of bottle to pitcher is 1.
You can use the formula to figure out a pitcher to bottle ratio for any given bottle size, but you have to be careful because each bottle will only be half as big as the previous one, which means you might be taking a bottle from a bigger bottle. I like to do this with my own bottles so that I can see the size of the bottle when I am holding it.
