Why I missed my exam...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:25:20 +0100


Hiya Loonies...

Here's another exam story for you...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

Introductory Chemistry at Duke University 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 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 Chem 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 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 and relieved. So, they
studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had
told them.  He placed each of them in *separate* rooms and handed each
one 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?