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       Write a 3 page paper double spaced  (11 font on 25 percent rag paper)   on one or a combination of the following topics.  These are due 2/3/05  

1.  Who is Alan Turing and what is the Turing Test?

2.  How fast must a snowball (mass = .25 kg) be thrown at an angle of 45 degrees so that it lands 100 meters from the person throwing the snowball?  (assume level ground)

3.  Suppose you ate a Thanksgiving meal consisting of 2200 calories.  If 80% of the energy contained in the food is to support the basic metabolic functions of the body, calculate the height of stairs the person could climb to burn off the remaining calories.

4.  Calculate the resting wattage of the human being, then answer the following question.  If you eat a scoop of ice cream containing 300 calories and there is 20 grams of carbohydrates in the scoop, How much time would it take to expel the energy from the carbohydrates in the ice cream? 

 

                                                                               

                                                                                

 

                                 

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