[renewiltord]

Seems a bit pointless to ask. You want them to make up a story? "The data scientist's radio link degrades to static while he waits for the answer and all he hears is the letter 'l'". There.

[whatshisface]

It's just a bit funny to come up with a clever justification for 50% of the problem only to quit at the last moment with tacked-on math problem stuff.

[renewiltord]

Haha fair enough.