Mie Entrance Science case studies
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The Mie University Faculty of Science entrance examination (前期日程, science track) is the written academic examination used in the first-round admission schedule for applicants to Mie University's Faculty of Science. It is intended for high-school graduates or expected graduates, including international applicants, who want to enter a science department at Mie University and who will sit the general entrance examination rather than apply through a separate recommendation or transfer route. The Mie Entrance Science case studies are 5 cases and about 3,932 words.
1The bakery club's rounding problem
A school club runs a small bakery and must decide each morning how many of two products to bake. Loaf A uses 300 g of flour, 100 g of butter and 2 units of oven time; loaf B uses 200 g of flour, 200 g of butter and 3 units of oven time.
854 words, about 4 min2What the sleep survey can and cannot say
A school with 640 students on its roll runs a health survey. On one morning, 600 students are present and each records how long they slept the previous night and whether they failed the end-of-term mathematics test.
765 words, about 4 min3The lamp that would not obey Ohm's law
A student is given a 6.0 V battery of internal resistance 2.0 Ω and a small filament lamp. Using a variable supply, the student records the lamp's current and voltage after each setting has settled: (0.10 A, 1.0 V), (0.20 A, 2.2 V), (0.30 A, 3.2 V), (0.40 A, 4.0 V), (0.50 A, 4.7 V), (0.60 A, 5.2 V).
777 words, about 4 min4Choosing a sacrificial anode for a steel tank
A village water tank is made of steel, essentially iron, and holds well water containing dissolved oxygen and salts. To slow corrosion, the maintenance team plans to bolt a block of a more active metal to the tank and connect it electrically, so that the block rather than the tank is oxidised.
797 words, about 4 min5The inhibitor that high substrate cannot outrun
A student investigates a digestive protease with a colorimetric assay that measures product formed in 5 minutes. Substrate concentrations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 mmol L⁻¹ give initial rates of 6.7, 11.4, 20.0, 26.7 and 32.0 µmol min⁻¹.
739 words, about 4 min