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Post by FrankT on Sept 13, 2008 14:34:20 GMT -5
Oh gawd, I can't believe what I just did! I played a version of Millionaire with science questions, called 'Who Wants To Win A Million Dollars?'. And I lost the entire game by losing $468,000 on the the following question:
You throw a ball straight up with a velocity of 40 meters per second. What is the ball's velocity after 4 seconds?
These were the answers offered:
A: 5 meters per second straight down
B: 5 meters per second straight up
C: 10 meters per second straight up
D: 0 meters per second
I didn't know that question, so I decided to cheat and look it up. I found this:
So, after observing this, I took a gamble and played A: 5 meters per second straight down.............................................................
As it says above, they told me I was wrong and it was D, and I lost the game. Oh man, I was one question away from a fake million!
(Mind you, that was the third time I lost at the $1,000,000 question!)
By the way, if you want to have a go, play it here: education.jlab.org/million/index.html
You throw a ball straight up with a velocity of 40 meters per second. What is the ball's velocity after 4 seconds?
These were the answers offered:
A: 5 meters per second straight down
B: 5 meters per second straight up
C: 10 meters per second straight up
D: 0 meters per second
I didn't know that question, so I decided to cheat and look it up. I found this:
For example, if we throw the ball straight upwards at 20 meters per second (about 40 mph) after one second it will have slowed to 10 meters per second, and after two seconds it will be at rest momentarily before beginning to come down. After a total of four seconds, it will be back where it started.
So, after observing this, I took a gamble and played A: 5 meters per second straight down.............................................................
As it says above, they told me I was wrong and it was D, and I lost the game. Oh man, I was one question away from a fake million!
(Mind you, that was the third time I lost at the $1,000,000 question!)By the way, if you want to have a go, play it here: education.jlab.org/million/index.html
