an engineer, physicist and mathematician are staying in a hotel. in the middle of the night, the engineer wakes up to find his bed on fire. he rushes to the bathroom, grabs a glass, fills it from the faucet and pours it on the fire. he goes back to sleep in a wet bed. the physicist also wakes up to find his bed on fire. he performs a quick calculation, runs to the bathroom, fills the glass only part way and pours the water on the fire. he goes back to sleep in a dry bed. the mathematician wakes up to find his bed on fire. he rushes to the bathroom, sees the glass, and sees the faucet then goes back to bed satisfied a solution exists.
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an engineer, physicist and mathematician are staying in a hotel. in the middle of the night, the engineer wakes up to find his bed on fire. he rushes to the bathroom, grabs a glass, fills it from the faucet and pours it on the fire. he goes back to sleep in a wet bed. the physicist also wakes up to find his bed on fire. he performs a quick calculation, runs to the bathroom, fills the glass only part way and pours the water on the fire. he goes back to sleep in a dry bed. the mathematician wakes up to find his bed on fire. he rushes to the bathroom, sees the glass, and sees the faucet then goes back to bed satisfied a solution exists.