Answer to a Mid-term

[Typhoid]

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:



First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of
Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose; 2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

I dont know if its true or not, But it gave me a laugh.

I lost the link to it (I closed the window) But I shall scramble for it.

[Crash]

sounds like something my dad would write on his papers... I shall post some something, they are freaking hysterical.

[Jonbo298]

Nice, thats some deep thinking...deep

[Bube]

I remember reading that before. I heard that it's true.

It's also hilarious .

[Dark Samurai]

Holy sh*t, is that funny...

[MuGen]

I received that in my e-mail from a College Professor for some reason, but now that you mention it, I guess it's true.

This guy's thinking is very deep until he talks about Teresa... then he's just being cocky... lol

[Blackmane]

I heard he got the highest score on that problem too.

Very funny.

[Dyne]

I wish we had cool questions like that in my course's midterms.

The calculus ones are just lame. "What is the rate of increase of a person's shadow projecting, as he/she is walking on a street 30 meters wide, and 18 meters to the parallel point across the street from the lamp projecting the light?"

None of my class even got that question. The rate of increase as you go TOWARDS a lamp on a street is actually a decrease. Well, it's the professor's fault for not specifying.

[Canyarion]

Haha that's great!
And there are hundreds of links to this story: Google

[KillerGremlin]

It's a thinker.......here's one we just got. Figure out the sequence:

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
12112221
1112213211

And so forth.

[Happydude]

yeah, that story is true, and that student did indeed get the highest score in the class for that. although i think that story has beem altered for i don't remember the last part...might be just me though.



and killer gremlin...can you please provide some sort of clue or something? im having trouble figuring it out.

[ZebraRampage]

I remember reading this somewhere..Good stuff.

[Jason1]

Yea, a freind sent me that in an email awhile back. Pretty halarious.

[KillerGremlin]

Nah, no clues, cause that would be the answer. I'll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with math. Although, someone made a list of properties the stupid thing follows.

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211
31131211131221
13211311123113112211

Ahahaha, and it goes on forever and ever and ever.
I guess I'll give you a hint _ _ _ _ _ _ _ triangle.

[Seth]

bermuda