Statistics professor demands improbable equal effort for 4-student group project—1 doesn't help, all 4 claim an impossible 33% equal share—group invents new math making 132%=100%: 'The professor was confused. "That adds up to 132%, how is that possible?"'

You don't have to be a math wiz or statistician to know that 132% of a set whole amount is statistically impossible. But who needs real math anyway?A statistics professor imposed a strict group-project rule stating that every member of the group must complete an equal share of the work. This was determined by a confidential self-report made by each member of the 4-person group at the end of the project, where each member reported the percentage they had completed. This was done under the threat that if the total of all 4 reports didn't "match up perfectly, " every member of the group would receive a 0 on the project. But when one slacking group member didn't do any work, and his 3 group members each claimed the 33% share of the work that they had fairly completed, the slacker went ahead and claimed another 33% "equal" portion anyway. While this technically followed the professor's rules, he called them out on the fact that the total did not equal 100%. Under threat of failing the project and the class, the group members were forced to think on their feet and make 132%=100%.The intention was clear: solve the frequent problem with group projects where some members of the group …