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Mindbender. (Oldie but goodie) by manxmania2006-04-12 06:31:48
  Is this really a mindbender? by BaruMonkey2006-04-12 06:47:46
    No joke. by manxmania 2006-04-12 07:27:31
It wasn't a mindbender for me, and probably not for too many people at UF. We work with numbers and different scales all the time. The folks at the office were totaly stumped. I said "OK, try -2 degrees as the "now" temp." Most said -4.

It was a Q on a quiz show on TV. If you say "half as hot" instead of "twice as cold" the question makes a bit more sense, since you're measuring from -273.15 degrees C to 0 degrees. So it would be (-273.15-0)/2 or (-273.15-(-2)/2) in the second example.
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