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#Those who, if given a few second to recover, can drink another beer with little to no drop-off.
#Those who, if given a few second to recover, can drink another beer with little to no drop-off.
===Case Study===
===Case Study===
Take two chuggers who we will assume to have a representative sample of 40 chugs on ''(this may seem unrealistic; however, if you think so, it’s probably not for you)''. <u><span style="color:#ff0000">'''Chugger A'''</span> is a star</u>;  
Take two chuggers who we will assume to have a representative sample of 40 chugs on ''(this may seem unrealistic; however, if you think so, it’s probably not for you)''. <br>
<u><span style="color:#ff0000">'''Chugger A'''</span> is a star</u>;  
*They chug with an average first beer time of 1.7 seconds
*They chug with an average first beer time of 1.7 seconds
*An average drop-off of 0.3 seconds
*An average drop-off of 0.3 seconds
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*A drop off of only 0.1 second on the second beer
*A drop off of only 0.1 second on the second beer
*They minor 7.5% of the time and doesn’t major.  
*They minor 7.5% of the time and doesn’t major.  
To compare these two chuggers average time over two beers, one simply multiplies the one beer time (1BT) by 2, adds the drop-off time, multiplies the minor and major percentages by 2 (accounting for the two beers) and multiplies them by 2 and 5 seconds respectively. </span><br>
To compare these two chuggers average time over two beers, one simply multiplies the one beer time (1BT) by 2, adds the drop-off time, multiplies the minor and major percentages by 2 (accounting for the two beers) and multiplies them by 2 and 5 seconds respectively.<br>
<span style="color:#ff0000">'''Chugger A'''</span>
<span style="color:#ff0000">'''Chugger A'''</span>
<pre> 2 * 1.7 + 0.3 + 0.15 * 2 * 2 + 0.05 * 2 * 5 = 3.4 + 0.3 + 0.6 + 0.5 = 4.8s</pre>
<pre> 2 * 1.7 + 0.3 + 0.15 * 2 * 2 + 0.05 * 2 * 5 = 3.4 + 0.3 + 0.6 + 0.5 = 4.8s</pre>