Introductory Chemistry at Duke has been taught for about a zillion
years by Professor Bonk (really), and his course is semi-affectionately
known as "Bonkistry". He has been around forever, so I wouldn't put it
past him to come up with something like this.
Anyway, one year there were these two guys who were taking Chemistry and
who did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the mid-terms and labs,
etc., such that going into the final they had a solid A. These friends
were so confident going into the final that the weekend before finals
week (even though the Chem final was on Monday), they decided to go up
to U Virginia and party with some friends up there.
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, they
found Professor Bonk after the final and explained to him why they
missed the final. They told him that they went up to UVA 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, relieved and very proud
of their story. So, they studied that night and went in the next day at
the time 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 turned the page.
They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on the next page...
WHICH TIRE? (95 points)
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