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Chemistry Exam Question...
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>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.
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>Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
>(absorbs heat)?
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>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:
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>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.
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>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.
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>With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of
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>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.
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>This gives two possibilities:
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>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.
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>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.
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>So which is it?
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>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."...
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>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A