in calculus today we were learning about velocity derivatives, and our professor drew a map of new york state on the board with the nys thruway marked out, complete with exits and mile markers. accompanying this map was a velocity graph of a potential trip from yonkers to syracuse. we determined that the driver drove for two hours going 85 mph, then stopped for an hour, and drove 120 mph the rest of the way there.
since this doesn’t really make sense—firstly because the speed limit on the thruway is 65 mph, and secondly because the one hour stop didn’t occur anywhere near an exit—our teacher had us think up explanations of why this happened.
my explanation:
the driver was in a hurry so they drove a bit over the speed limit, until their moderately unreliable car began vibrating in a fairly nerve-wrecking way, so they pulled over. after an hour of trying to get the hood of the car open, but failing, and finally discovering that the lugnuts on the tires were unscrewed, they get back in the car. and to make up for lost time, and since the wheels are now very securely attached to the car, they drive two times the speed limit and make it to syracuse just in time.
my professor’s explanation:
the driver wasn’t really paying attention to the speedometer, so their speeding got them pulled over by a state trooper. it should have been a fairly routine thing, but the driver had pink hair. so the cop decided to search the entire car, including the very full trunk. after ripping through all the stuffed animals and going through all her stuff, he discovered that she was clean. by then it had been an hour, so the driver took off once again, this time going double the speed limit (obviously not learning her lesson).
Never trust the pink-haired ones, especially with the squinty eyes.
Is this an actual reference to the girl in class with pink hair who is otherwise a very innocuous person who almost always learns her lesson the first time?
hahaha
i like your explanations
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and you always have the coolest icons
dad- oh whatever, dad (if that’s really your name).
curls- ah, but how is my professor to know that? that means i’d actually have to discuss things other than calculus and the fact that my messenger bag matches my hair.
uzma- omg i’m so excited for the premire! and thanks, i try to find a new icon for each post : )
lmao!
i was going to say don’t trust the people with pink hair, but your dad beat me to it :P
but that was definitely fun to read :)
awesome, i’m glad.
hmmmm…interesting, does your professor know something about the pink headed girl that we don’t know?
you’ve seen me drive, i NEVER go above the speed limit.