On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:17 PM, cdb wrote: > ::Was this meant to be a "challenge"? > > It was meant as some light hearted fun, but with serious scientific > principles behind it. It is actually intended for school teachers of I > assume secondary school kids. > > Mind you, you did miss stating the actual 'law' of heat and and less heat= , > even though of course your last sentence is correct, though I'm less > certain about your immediate statement before it. > > By the way are you sure that the temperature of cup 'B' will only be 5 > degrees? > That's exactly the problem with the question. There's too many uncertaintie= s and variables left out. Initial temperatures aren't provided, etc. But for its purpose, I don't think it's meant to be complicated. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .