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I had a science test in high school with a question that involved something to do with calculating the air pressure inside an airplane at some high altitude. I went up to to the teacher and said "is this a trick question? Airplanes are pressurized at that altitude" He looked around the room nervously and then told me to assume the airplane wasn't pressurized.


Ah yes, the notorious spherical cow!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow




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