How NOT to study for the MCAT (Rage Comic)
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anyone else confused by the salt/snow square? wtf?
i'm guessing you're from someplace with a warm climate OP
i'm guessing you're from someplace with a warm climate OP
Isn't that from home alone? He salts the ice and the thieves slip on it and stuff?
the block is saying throwing salt onto snow would PREVENT it from melting and being slippery. in reality salt is thrown on snow/ice in order to make it melt.
no wonder the mcat was so confusing and caused a little rage. the OP is confused with basics
It's sad when even a simple rage comic can be so completely ruined. I think I just shed a single tear.
no wonder the mcat was so confusing and caused a little rage. the OP is confused with basics
It's sad when even a simple rage comic can be so completely ruined. I think I just shed a single tear.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, you're serious.
Solutes lower the freezing point, so it has to be COLDER to freeze.
Edit: Also the airfoil explanation is wrong, but most people think it's that too, so no biggie.
Edit 2: I just reread it. It's not only wrong, it's the wrong wrong explanation. Lulz.
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hey man just remember once the salt is all gone there is often a little bit of liquid water on top of a layer of ice. that can be some slippery ****
i dont remember the movie, but if thats what happened it can still make it uber slippery
edit: i guess i just took this for some kindergarten knowledge since im from a cold state. people, during the winter you throw down salt on your driveway, the state salts/sands the roads. this is done to lower the freezing point and therefore melt snow/ice and prevent ice from forming on surfaces.
i dont remember the movie, but if thats what happened it can still make it uber slippery
edit: i guess i just took this for some kindergarten knowledge since im from a cold state. people, during the winter you throw down salt on your driveway, the state salts/sands the roads. this is done to lower the freezing point and therefore melt snow/ice and prevent ice from forming on surfaces.
You are correct.
In warm soda, the carbonation completely leaves the soda since solubility decreases, so there is no more dissolved carbon dioxide to make bubbles.
I guess 1/4 isn't too bad...
Uhh, isn't that what it's saying?
This thread is so tragic.
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lol, so 3 out of 4 of the examples are completely wrong. I would have thought this was done on purpose if the torque example wasn't correct. now its just fail 🙁
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How is the soda panel wrong? Gases are more soluble at lower temperatures. I think "bubbly" refers to tasting bubbly, not the gas bubbling out of solution.
i guess it all does depend on his definition of bubbly.
but if he means gas bubbling out, which the picture kind of implies, then he is making a brilliant commentary on how many mcat answers are given. ie a statement and a correct, yet not applicable explanation.
overall, all the panels should have been either right or wrong for this to be a good FUUUUUUUUUUU comic
I interpret the title + final panel to be saying don't use MCAT study knowledge in real life and expect that to prepare you for the test. Like someone else said, if the examples were intentionally wrong, they should have ALL been wrong.
