The Chemistry Test

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The Chemistry Test


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 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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