[Loch-Ruadh] OT: The best exam question ever.

[Robin Mitchell-Mabry]

That's toooooooo funny!
R

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Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] OT: The best exam question ever.

Ok guys, I never really post anything OT....but I could not resist this...it

was just too funny to me. Now this isn't for children, so if you are 
sensitive....delete this now. Thanks, and enjoy!





Ceara


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 two 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."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"


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