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microwaves
Oct. 14th, 2005 04:55 pmbecause I am too lazy to google this . . .
Say it takes 2.5 minutes to toast a piece of toast. We all agree it takes 2.5 minutes to toast two pieces of toast simultaneously in the same toaster. Say it takes 20 minutes to bake a chicken breast at a given heat. If you put two chicken breasts in the oven, it still takes 20 minutes. So why is it that microwaving one frozen hot pockets thingy may take 2 minutes, but microwaving two of them simultaneously takes longer? Obviously this is some property of the way microwaves work, but to be honest all I know about microwaves is that they involve waves (duh). Anyone know why it works that way?
Say it takes 2.5 minutes to toast a piece of toast. We all agree it takes 2.5 minutes to toast two pieces of toast simultaneously in the same toaster. Say it takes 20 minutes to bake a chicken breast at a given heat. If you put two chicken breasts in the oven, it still takes 20 minutes. So why is it that microwaving one frozen hot pockets thingy may take 2 minutes, but microwaving two of them simultaneously takes longer? Obviously this is some property of the way microwaves work, but to be honest all I know about microwaves is that they involve waves (duh). Anyone know why it works that way?
