Funny Math Answer

[bste_lax]

[UofMLaxGoalie11]

Its 5 by the way. Just incase anybody wanted to know who didn't already. Its a pythagorean triple. Also, using the pythagorean theorem, you could find that the square root of 4 squared plus 3 squared [(4^2 + 3^2)^.5] would equal 5. Another well known pythagorean triple is the 5-12-13. Just thought some people should know.

[ZagGrad]

Am I missing something?

[byualum]

Am I missing something?

The humor is in the answer...the question was "Find X" and the kid (or maybe this is straight off of Benson's homework) wrote, "Here it is", pointing out the location of X, not the numeric value of X...very funny.

[UofMLaxGoalie11]

Ive often thought about writing in another variable (like y) in for the answer then defining it as the correct answer (y = the right answer). I have yet to try it, although one of my physics tests recently would have been the perfect time to use it. Thank god we could drop one test.

[ZagGrad]

When I open this page, I do not see anything Benson posted...That is why I asked if I missed something. Apparently, I am still missing something... Oh well...

[MinesGoallie45]

I cant stop laughing............

[GrayBear]

According to some posts on the net, the following is a question given on University of Liverpool chemistry finals. The answer given by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet, which is 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 that 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 constant, the volume of Hell must 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 Sandra 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 endothermic 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 extinct... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being - which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting "Oh my God."

This student received the only "A".

[Lax_Stats]

Nice, very nice!! That gave me a nice laugh and a big smile!

[Brent Burns]

Thanks GrayBear for providing us a belly of laughs about that student's response on the chemistry final.

[Adam G]

Has anyone ever seen "Tim's Chemistry Exam"? It floated around the internet a couple years ago and was a .pdf of what appeared to be a student's Chem final. He answered every single question in a sarcastic, literal way that had me in stitches laughing. Anyone else able to find a link to this? The one's that I had bookmarked are all dead.

[Anderson]

here's the first working link I could find for Tim's Exam

http://www.horsman.co.nz/story.do?id=72

[sohotrightnow]

Speaking of amazing, look at this term paper on Oedipus

http://www.eng.usf.edu/~dionson/ezzay/

[UofMLaxGoalie11]

Speaking of amazing, look at this term paper on Oedipus

http://www.eng.usf.edu/~dionson/ezzay/

I saw that about a year ago and still love it. My favorite is the works sited.

[FLAK]

here's the first working link I could find for Tim's Exam

http://www.horsman.co.nz/story.do?id=72

I just thought I'd point out that the third answer he gives is actually directions for making Hamburger Helper, I am a master HH cook and I would know those directions from anywhere.