Lance Armstrong Just Finished Third (By About 5 Minutes)in the 2009

question 15

Multiple Choice

Lance Armstrong just finished third (by about 5 minutes) in the 2009 Tour de France cycling race.This was an incredible feat for the 37-year-old father of 4.First and second-place winners,Alberto Contador (age 27) and Andy Schleck (age 24) ,respectively,have no children.Which of these three men shows the greatest evolutionary fitness?

• A)Alberto Contador,because he won the race.
• B)Lance Armstrong,because he came in third at the advanced age of 37!
• C)Andy Schleck,because he beat the highly experienced Lance Armstrong.
• D)Lance Armstrong,because he has reproduced.

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E1 Reactions

A type of unimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction where the rate-determining step involves the loss of a leaving group to form a carbocation intermediate.

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Rearrangements

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