Wednesday February 20, 2013 at 10:03 am by Adam S.
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The Baka and Test: Summon the Beast OVA hit stores yesterday. To mark the third release in the world of Baka and Test we are holding a contest that takes a certain kind of person. Someone who knows the value of knowledge and intelligence...and is willing to ignore all that at a chance to win some pretty sweet prizes!
Class F is looking for three new students to join them. Of course these need to be students who meet the class', um, standards. So we will be asking a series of questions to find the right candidates. The student who submits the "best" answer will join the class and be given a welcoming gift.
Answer the following question. Most creative, unintelligent, or 'BAKA' answer wins the prize!
We will be asking a question today (see below), Thursday, and Friday. Post your answer in the comments of each blog post to enter. You will have 24 hours to answer each question. Winners will be announced before the next question. You may enter once for each question. This contest is open to residents of US and Canada excluding Quebec and Puerto Rico. Click here for full rules.
If you haven't had a chance to check out the Baka & Test OVA take a look at the trailer.
synopsis:
Class F is back in the Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: OVA Special Collection! Fumizuki Academy's popular Refreshing Festival is quickly approaching, and the student body is busy prepping class projects. For Yoshii and the gang, there's a lot more at stake than showing off for campus visitors. If Class F doesn't profit from its festival project and buy some new gear for its dumpy room, Mizuki's parents are going to send her to another school! Of course, even if the slack pack makes some money, they'll have to win one of the toughest Summoner Test Wars of their lives before they're allowed to spend it. It's not going to be easy, that's for sure. But once the underachievers of Class F get motivated, they don't give up - and they can't even spell surrender!
If you missed them Season One (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) and Season Two (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) are available now.
Question #1: Math
You’re on a train that leaves New York for Orlando at 8AM, going 60 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves Orlando for New York, going 85 mph. Orlando and New York are 1200 miles apart. What time will you be able to see the other train pass?
BAKA answer example: Who takes trains nowadays? I’ve never taken a train in my life. I’m not even from New York, but even if I was, I’d be taking a plane to Miami, and you definitely can’t see the train from your window when you’re above the clouds. Am I going to Disney World?
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Answer: Well, thanks to the reletavistec effects of the engine warble law combined with the the trains speed, the dragon rage probability (They are passing through well known dragon infested areas after all), and the guide of sir wigglesworth on the train duck conundrum, the only logical answer is that I will have met the other train for pizza at a nice little place called Antonio's last Thursday at aproxamatly 4:30PM
Huh? Do trains even run anymore? This quesion is totally a trick answer because 1, they dont and 2- boats are totally the worlds means of travel in the 22nd decade. Now to answer your question. The answer is no because I have no reason whatsoevar to even be on a boat headed for New York. You cant fool me with your trick anwers!
Wait, which train am I even on? And why do I know so much about these trains? I must be a train-otaku or something...
How about this. I've got a question for you instead. If I'm going from New York to Orlando on a train, 1. How did I get to New York? 2. Am I going to Disney when I get to Orlando? 3. Are you buying my way in plus food? and 4. Do I have a friend on the other train? If not, who cares about the other train?! Unless my buddy is on that train and we need to know when they pass so he can jump from that train to this one so we can go to Disney on your dime, no one care. I'm sleeping the whole way down. YAY DISNEY!
Wow, no offense you guys, but I think you need to go back to watching Harlem Shake videos and let a real expert answer (although those Harlem Shakes are funny, lol. And they came just in time, because I was really sad that Gangam Style got retired, RIP Sigh).
Anyway, as someone who has a serious physics background (that week at space camp in 7th grade was INTENSE), I can assure you that you’re missing some key factors here. Firstly of all, you can’t use Newtonian physics here (that’s named after the same dude who made the fig cookies btw, incase you aren’t super good at seeing word-roots like I am); you need Einstein’s special relativity. This states that speed is relative to what frame of reference you’re in… don’t wanna go into to much detail because I know not everyone has been collage educated like me, so just trust me that once the second train starts, the first one is now ACTUALLY going 62 mph.
Now, consider that the smallest distance between two points is a strait line, so this is how the train tracks musta been built, you know for fiscal responsibility and such. Also, (and once again no offense) I don’t think you guys could handle the advanced circle maths involved with curviness so they wouldn’t have asked for that anyway (but I could have, but no offence I’m just more experienced lol
). Given this, they have to meet-up halfway between the cities because that’s where the middle of the line is, and as they say, “let’s try to meet somewhere in the middle”.
So, it takes the first train (600miles)/(62 mph) = 9.677 miles/mph
I suggest you use a calculator for that because it might get tricky using your head only. I know that 1 (miles/mph) = 1.2 hours (use Goggle if you don’t have all the conversions memorized like me), so this is 9.677*1.2 = 11.612 hours.
The last thing, and I can’t believe you all missed this lol (but no offense), is you have to account for the time zone difference! Since there’s 7 states between the trains, you need to take away 15 minutes per state. Now, we got 11.612 — 1.75 = 9.862 hours. Then, just account for the Coriolis effect (remember, this is the reason why toilet water goes counter-clockwise is Australia but clockwise in normal places) and you get 9.862 + 0.17 = 10.032 hours, which just means 10 hours cause .032 hours doesn’t even exist (have you ever heard of 10.032 o’clock? lol no).
Since it left at 8 AM, this means the trains meet at 18:00, or what’s known as 6 PM to regular people.
T.E.D.
You want me to take a train? What do I look like, some kind of bum? This isn't the 1600s, this is 2013. It's the 20th century already. The only things trains carry anymore are hobos, runaway kids, and those carnival people. Have you not seen Water for Elephants? Those carnival folk can be viscous! That's the right word, isn't it, viscous? Or is it fiscus? Wait, no, that's a bird.... Ah, and anyway, just think of all the bad things that happen on trains! Murder on the Orient Express?! Transsiberian?! Strangers on a Train?! Unstoppable?! Everyone knows movies are based on true stories! Trains have killed so many people. They have to be stopped! We have to put an and to the carnivals, ah, I mean carhenge...wait, no, give me a minute I know the word...cartiladge! We must put an end to the cartiladge! So why would you put me on a train? I don't wanna die! I don't wanna be made into a bearded lady! My face is too pretty for that, it's all I have going for me! My precious modeling career! I thought we were friends! Waaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!
Who is the idiot that thinks this is Math. There is so much more words than numbers it's confusing everyone. Why am I taking a train from New York to Orlando, is someone kidnapping me, HELP! HELP!. Trains in Japan go so much faster and why do I feel someone's hand on my butt. HELP! HELP! This question makes no sense, how would I know what time the train will past the test? I saw this funny cat while walking to school. *Doodle doodle This cat is going to be the coolest Avatar I ever summon. Whoa, I just realized that FUNimation is made from the words InuYasha and Neko. Awesome.
Geez the answer to this question is unbelievably easy. It's bacon. Bacon is the answer to everything.
A smart man would his instantaneous transmission ability or teleport jutsu to get there even faster than the trains so ur question is now void thanks to the otaku.
Q. You’re on a train that leaves New York for Orlando at 8AM, going 60 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves Orlando for New York, going 85 mph. Orlando and New York are 1200 miles apart. What time will you be able to see the other train pass?
A. This is a tric question. I wouldn't be on that train in the first plase! First of all, I don't live in new york, and why would I even want to go to orlana or what ever it's called. Besides, I definatley won't be up at 8AM. I'm just too lazy to stay up that late. 8AM is in the middle of the night, idiot.
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