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One year, at Duke, there were these two guys who were taking Chemistry and
who did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs, etc.,
such that going into the final they had a solid A. These two friends were
so confident going into the final that the weekend before finals week (even
though the Chemistry final was on Monday), they decided to go up to
UVirginia and party with some friends up there. So they did this and had a
great time.
However, with their hangovers and everything, they overslept all day Sunday
and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than
taking the final then, what they did was to find Professor Bonk after the
final and explain to him why they missed the final.
They told him that they went up to UV for the weekend, and had planned to
come back in time to study, but that they had a flat tire on the way back
and didn't have a spare and couldn't get help for a long time and so were
late getting back to campus.
Bonk thought this over and then agreed that they could make up the final on
the following day. The two guys were elated and relieved.
So, they studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk
had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a
test booklet and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem,
which was something simple about molarity and solutions and was worth 5
points.
"Cool" they thought, "this is going to be easy." They did that problem and
then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on
the next page. It said:
(95 points) Which tire?
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