phelyan on October 11st, 2017 at 02:46 UTC »
My old physics teacher would sometimes give us problems like that, just to make sure we don't get bogged down with simply plugging numbers into equations, but actually read and understood the problems.
j5kDM3akVnhv on October 11st, 2017 at 03:08 UTC »
Ah yes. The old "if it takes one woman nine months to produce a baby..." line of reasoning.
SirSkelton on October 11st, 2017 at 03:40 UTC »
Maybe the correct answer was 40 minutes and they were seeing if the students actually consider the question?
phelyan on October 11st, 2017 at 02:46 UTC »
My old physics teacher would sometimes give us problems like that, just to make sure we don't get bogged down with simply plugging numbers into equations, but actually read and understood the problems.
j5kDM3akVnhv on October 11st, 2017 at 03:08 UTC »
Ah yes. The old "if it takes one woman nine months to produce a baby..." line of reasoning.
SirSkelton on October 11st, 2017 at 03:40 UTC »
Maybe the correct answer was 40 minutes and they were seeing if the students actually consider the question?