They had a great time, however, after all the hearty drinking and partying,
they slept all day Sunday and
didn't make it back to Duke
until early Monday
morning.
Rather than take the 100 point final then, they decided to find their professor
after the final and explain to him
why they missed it.
They explained that they
had gone to UVA for the
weekend with the plan to come
to study but,
unfortunately, they had a flat
tire on the way back,
didn't have a spare, and
couldn't get help for a long
time. As a result they missed
the final.
The Professor thought it
over and then agreed they
could make up the final the
following day. The guys
were elated and relieved. They
studied that 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 and
told them to begin. They
looked at the first problem,
worth only 5 points,
something simple about free
radical formation.
"Cool," they thought at the
same time, each one in his
separate room, "this is going
to be easy."
Each finished the problem,
and then turned the page.
On the second page was written:
(For 95 points): Which tire?