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Re: Graphing d vs t



On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Brian Whatcott wrote:

This is a wonderful opportunity to ponder the distinction between
a duration and time.
Did I hear some one say nit picking?

It wasn't me. I was pondering a similar distinction this
afternoon while grading the homework of my thermal physics
students, far too many of whom decided that raising the
temperature from 25 degrees C to 75 degrees C would constitute a
change of 323 K.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm