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At Sydney University, there were four students taking Organic
Chemistry. They did so well on all the midterm's and labs, etc., that each
had an "A" so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident
with the finals approaching that the weekend before, they decided to
go down to Canberra and party with some friends there.
They had a great time.
However, after all the hard partying, they slept all day Sunday
and didn't make it back to Sydney until early Monday morning -
the morning of their final exam!
Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their
professor AFTER the exam and explain to him why they missed it. They
explained that they had gone to Canberra to do some research in the ANU
archives, unfortunately, they had a flat tyre on the way back, and that they couldn't get back for a long time. As a result, they only just arrived now!
The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up
their final exam the following day. The guys were elated and
relieved. They studied hard that night - all night - and went in
The next day at the time the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms
and handed each of them a test booklet, (which was out of 100 points) and
told them to begin. The first problem was worth five points. It was
something simple about free radical formation.
"Cool" they all thought in their separate rooms, "this is going
to be easy." Each finished the problem and then turned the page.
See below .....
Question 2 (for 95 points): Which tyre?
Chemistry. They did so well on all the midterm's and labs, etc., that each
had an "A" so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident
with the finals approaching that the weekend before, they decided to
go down to Canberra and party with some friends there.
They had a great time.
However, after all the hard partying, they slept all day Sunday
and didn't make it back to Sydney until early Monday morning -
the morning of their final exam!
Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their
professor AFTER the exam and explain to him why they missed it. They
explained that they had gone to Canberra to do some research in the ANU
archives, unfortunately, they had a flat tyre on the way back, and that they couldn't get back for a long time. As a result, they only just arrived now!
The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up
their final exam the following day. The guys were elated and
relieved. They studied hard that night - all night - and went in
The next day at the time the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms
and handed each of them a test booklet, (which was out of 100 points) and
told them to begin. The first problem was worth five points. It was
something simple about free radical formation.
"Cool" they all thought in their separate rooms, "this is going
to be easy." Each finished the problem and then turned the page.
See below .....
Question 2 (for 95 points): Which tyre?
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