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SHE TELLS THEM THAT SHE WILL GIVE THE STUDENT WHO SKIPS THE QUIZ WHOSE NAME COMES FIRST ALPHABETICALLY A DETENTION. THIS STUDENT WON'T SKIP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE GETTING A DETENTION IF THEY DO. THE NEXT PERSON ALPHABETICALLY WILL THEN KNOW THAT THEY WILL GET A DETENTION SO THEY WON'T SKIP EITHER, AND SO ON IT WILL TAKE 13 DAYS TO COVER HIS GARDEN WITH TWO PATCHES OF SODS. WITH 2 PATCHES OF SODS, EACH PATCH OF SOD WILL NEED TO COVER HALF HIS GARDEN AND ONE PATCH OF SOD CAN COVER HALF HIS GARDEN IN 13 DAYS IT WOULD TAKE 47 DAYS TO COVER HALF OF THE LAKE, AS THEY DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY DAY THE TABLETS CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED BY ANY MEANS. SO CUT EACH TABLET INTO TWO HALVES AND CONSUME ONE HALF OF EACH TABLET