Thursday, August 28, 2008
Chocolate Cake, Calculus, & Ridiculous Physics Problems
So, I'm sitting here working on some homework gibberish for Calc 3 and Engineering Physics 1 while eating some delicious chocolate cake left over from the international student welcome thing. I am also wondering why the physics department is so incredibly ridiculous. I mean one of my problems seriously says "A startled armadillo leaps upward, rising .544 m in the first .200 s, what is its initial speed as it leaves the ground?" Another one reads "A hoodlum throws a stone vertically downward with an initial speed of 12 m/s from the roof of a building, 30 m above ground, how long does it take the stone to reach the ground?" Really, who came up with these problems? I mean, they are all fairly simple to solve, but it is very hard to take them seriously when they ask things like that. It is funny, but incredibly ridiculous. Crazy physicists! Oh well! I guess it will keep things interesting at least. Well, I suppose I should get some sleep now and refresh myself for classes tomorrow.
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2 comments:
Hee hee reminds me of first year biochemistry where they made us figure out how long a car would run on the energy from a mars bar. Im glad you're able to solve the problems! you clever thing!
you should come up with your own story problem that is really ridiculous but very easy to solve.
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