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Originally Posted by lazykitty  "Uh, the nine volt. Unless the double A battery operated one was also LED, then it'd be brighter," just throwing that out there "Anyway, the answer is voltage." And she would've said so, if given the chance. But nooooo, everyone had to start talking before her.....
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone You know what this reminded him a lot of? Physics. Back in primary school. Or, just science as it had been called. They even got the chance to see a simple experiment being done in class, once. Of course, the teacher did it all and they just... watched but it had been exciting to see the connections being made and then the lightbulb shining. Ten year olds were easily excited about this stuff, yeah?
... He... was thinking too much.
Shaking his head, Alec focused on what Hadley was saying instead. This... wasn't one of those tricky questions, it seemed. Because sometimes in muggle science classes, the teacher would ask something that seemed simple enough but they were just trying to trick you. And then you ended up feeling guilty and bad for saying the wrong answer. ... Alec didn't like that. Nope. Not at all.
He raised his hand in the air before saying, "Erm... the 9 volt battery. Isn't it made up of six 1.5 volt batteries?" ... Was it? ... The next question was simple enough. Definitely. "And voltage! The higher the voltage, the... the brighter the bulb?" Or was that Watts...? ... This... sounded a lot like those science classes back in primary school. Quote:
Originally Posted by imaginarynumb3rs It had taken Fern a little while to figure out the answer to that one. She hated multiplication, especially when there were decimals involved, and ESPECIALLY when it came in the form of word problems. But the 11-year-old persevered, and after scratching out the figures on her parchment, raised her hand proudly, "It's the 9 volt battery professor, because even though there are two of the other batteries, 1.5 times 2 equals 3! Which is 6 less than 9! And the one with the bigger number must be brighter!"
...unless this was a trick question. Fern frowned at the thought. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Uhhh...what?
Sophie just sat there, more confused than she'd been in most of the other classes. She thought they were going to learn...well, how to play baseball or something. This was HARD.
She raised her hand, though. "I'd say the 9 volt, because it's more volts," she said. Or whatever the word was for that. "...and maybe volts determine brightness, because...that's the word you used in your question, and your question was about brightness."
Did that make sense? Because it did to her. Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Okay...so um...Lex wanted to know if they could go back to the part of the class where they were playing with the lamp. The types of electricity thing wasn't so bad, it was common knowledge yes? Even the whole what was electricity measured in. She never answered because everyone else did but felt that going completely quiet in the class would leave the Professor to think that Arithmancy wasn't the only class she shut down in.
This was Muggle Studies, what in merlin's beard were NUMBERS doing here. Eyes for the former Arithmancy Profesor, still trying to spread the 'art' we see.
Wild and ridiculous numbers in that Arithmancy class and now more numbers in Muggle Studies. You didn't see this kind of nonesense happening in DADA, did no one else notice? With another sigh she raised her hand to answer, despite there being other responses. "The one with 9 would be brighter. It has more voltage and volts are what brightness are measured in." That was the only answer, like legit.
Lex tried to cheer herself up. MAYBE there WOULD be food afterall. Professor Hadley was a hufflepuff, there HAD to be food somewhere along the line...please? Quote:
Originally Posted by bitsyandtank He looked around the room, wondering if he was in the right class. He had no idea what Professor Hadley was talking about. Volts, watts? Whatever.
Raising his hand, so he wouldn't look like he was daydreaming, "Professor, I would guess that two of the double A batteries would be more than just one of the 9 volt batteries. Because two is more than one." Right? He scribbled down what a few of the other students were saying, hoping that something would sound right to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpfan18 Now Kace understood the voltage concept. It clicked in his brain. He smirked and raised his hand, "Professor the 9 voltage would be brighter since it is a bigger number." he said. He thought it was logical enough. "It is measured in volts." he chipped in as well.
He didn't know why they were learning about electricity. He did prefer the heroes and comics they studied last term. But this was something new, he didn't mind it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Numbers.
Why.
Even though Tobias had pretty much grown up muggle, he still attended Muggle Studies, and apparently for a very good reason. Because if you're confused by something, then clearly you haven't mastered the topic, and that was the case here. Tobias knew the basics, just like any kid, but he had never had to deal with volts and stuff before, so he was tooooooooootally lost. Maybe he shouldn't have assumed he didn't have to read for this class.
"I thought it was about the strength of the bulb, not the batteries," Toby piped up, hand in the air and looking slightly pained because numbers and muggle science stuff and the requirement of actually having to use brainwork.
You can take the Professor out of Arithmancy... Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva sat there.. Sat there listening to everything. They were really talking about batteries, batteries.. This was just odd to Minerva, she had lived as a muggle. Her grandparents were muggles and they were just batteries. No big deal, just stick them in and they make things work. So why did it really matter what kind they were.
Putting up her hand she still had a confused look on her face. "Professor does it really matter the amount in the battery? It's a battery. Each item just takes different batteries. It depends on the item really of how bright it is not the battery, right?" She really wasn't sure they were batteries who cared. She wasn't trying to be rude, but she honestly didn't know nor honestly cared that was the job of the people that made the batteries and the items they go to, right? Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand. "Professor it would all depend on the type of brand you used, if you used two Duracell AA batteries that are 1.5volt and the 9 volt one is a cheap brand then I would say that the Double AA 1.5 volt would be brighter but if it's the other way around then it would be the 9 volt battery that is brighter." Laura stopped to get her breath, all this stuff was weird and she was wishing the ex professor was back even though she liked her head of house, the best subject for her was Arithmancy not Muggle Study. "Anyway Professor. "Voltage is the answer your looking for." Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Guesswork. Hannah could definitely get down with some guesswork. She thought about the question and figured common sense would be her best bet. She just hoped that she was on the right track with that. The sixth year raised her hand. ”Professor I think that the 9 volt battery would be brighter because even if you added 1.5 plus 1.5, 3 is still less than 9 so 9 would be better and brighter.” Well, it made sense in her mind anyways. Um, did she ever tell them what determined brightness? Hannah didn’t know so she would just take notes this time. Quote:
Originally Posted by amadshade Well... Tora thought a bit about that. She wasn't good at math but even she knew that 1.5 times 2 was no where near 9. "So," she continued her train of thought out loud. "it means that because the voltage of the 9 volt battery, it would shine brighter, right? Or is it one of those things that is opposite and flippy." Even though her parents were basically Muggles, she didn't know much about electricity. Only really that it existed. She knew nothing about the specifics and the little extra bits that went along with the Muggle technology. Maybe if she learned about Muggle technology, she could create Muggle- Magical things, because when the Muggle and the Wizarding world collided, really awesome stuff could be made. Quote:
Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Kat had no idea what they meant by dimness or lightness of a light bulb. Isn't it supposed to be LIGHT since it is a light bulb? Muggle Studies was... confusing her. Even more confusing than when Hadley taught Arithmancy. See? This is why they should return her back to the Arithmancy post. It was written in the stars, Josephina Hadley and Arithmancy. It only made sense that they were meant to be.
AHEM. Anywaaaaaaaaay...
She was talking about numbers, which was related to Arithmancy. DID YOU SEE HER POINT NOW? Kat was officially distracted from the lesson about light bulbs. She didn't need those anyway, but she took down notes. NEWTs reasons. Quote:
Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah was sure it was Watts.
Sarah raised her hand, "if there is a resistor present, teh brightness could differ, even in the form of a dimmer... also, it depends on what kind of circuit it is. Is the bulb connected in series or parallal? All these would make a difference to the final answer" She said. "So you're all getting this now! Yes, the nine volt would indeed produce a brighter bulb. That's assuming that the bulb is from a battery, but even if it's not, there's SOME kind of voltage that travels through wires to be able to light up a room when you flick a switch." SO even just a simple lightswitch flick had a whole current behind it. It wasn't just simply 'magic'. "The higher the voltage, the more energy produced and the brighter the result. YES, the watts within the lightbulb does have SOME bearing on the brightness, but even if you have a 100 watt bulb, but only 3 volts powering it, it wouldn't be as bright a light as say, a 60 watt bulb, with 200 volts." Yes, she was exaggerating a bit, but exaggeration was necessary to see the point.
Anyway, she was straying and probably putting some of them to sleep with this boring terminology and numbers talk, but background information was necessary to be able to understand how it worked.
"Alright, so each table is going to get to build a miniature circuit, as an example of how electricity works. The circuit will be controlled by a switch, just like if it were a broader scale, like the electric circuit in your house. But obviously we couldn't bring that circuit to the classroom." Too large. And way too much voltage.
"Name ONE material you think we need to build a circuit. I've already mentioned a few." So even if you knew nothing, if you were paying attention, then you should know at least two or three of the materials. "Hint; there's five that we'll be working with."
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