Question

Actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry midterm:

“Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Support your answer with a proof.”

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

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