Mugalomaniac.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

FAQ: Force?

FAQ: What is force? And how do you calculate it?

Don't mind me, but this Biology student is going to get his hand dirty with some Physics.
*blows dust off my 2-year-old-and-untouched physics knowledge*

I'm going to try to figure out how to calculate it first before I get a definition for it.

From what I can remember, W = Fd, which is Work = Force * Distance.

That means to say, Force = Work / Distance. So, I shall now try to find out what steps I need to find a force.

Step 1: Find some homework first
Step 2: Get a stopwatch. Start the stopwatch and let it run for 15 minutes. At the same time, start doing your homework.
Step 3: At the end of the 15 minutes, recording down the number of pages of homework done in an appropriate table.
Step 4: Repeat and replicate Steps 1 to 3 three times for accurate results.
Step 5: Perform a chi-squared test to check the reliability of the data.
Step 6: Find the rate of pages of homework done per minute (pages/min) by using the following formula:

(Average no. of pages done / 15 minutes)

Step 7: Find an object that you can lift and throw easily (eg. shoebag, books).
Step 8: Throw the object that you have approximately 30.0 metres vertically upwards. Record the time taken for you to reach approximately 30.0 metres.
Step 9: Repeat Step 8 three times and find the average time taken in minutes. Let the average time taken be Ta.
Step 10: Find the number of pages of homework that can be done in Ta minutes by using the following formula:

Rate of pages of homework done per minute (pages/min) * Ta

Step 11: Using the following formula, find the force in number of pages done per unit distance (pages/m):

Pages of homework done / 30m

So, as we can see then, when we do something that requires a force(eg. walking long distances around Orchard to shop), we are actually using up precious homework time.

What's the definition of Force then?

~~The Force is a binding, magical and ubiquitous power that is the object of the Jedi and Sith monastic orders~~(whoops). Force is the potential amount of homework done forgone to pursue something else that is not as productive as mugging.

Basically, it's the mugger's motivation to mug. Ever wondered how teachers say they won't force us to study, but instead we have to force ourselves?

Yes, it's the same force.

Lecture delivered at 11:23 PM by bengx