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The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington engineering
mid-term. The answer was so profound that the Professor shared it with colleagues,
and the sharing obviously hasn't ceased...

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 off 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 that souls are moving into Hell and the rate 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 us look at the different
religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are
not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are 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 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. Of course, 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 Banyan 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 still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then,
#2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.

This student received the only A.


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