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I used to do this all the time on quizzes and tests to check answers.If you want information from someone then give them the obvious wrong answer. 99% of the time they'll want to correct you and end up sharing things they don't know you want to know.
Say I didn't know how to do step 1 of a problem, I'd phrase the question I'd ask/ramble about step 2 under the assumption that I did step 1 correctly. For example if the first part of a problem was 2+2=? and the second part was (first answer)x3=?, I'd go up to the teacher and ramble in circles about the second part and at one point I'd say something like "Well I know it's 5x3, but I just can't think of how to solve that."
Almost all of the time they'll either correct you saying "You might want to look at that first part again," or have a puzzled look on their face and this is when you know you did the first part wrong. If I was lucky, sometimes they'd even strongly hint at the answer to the first part, essentially giving me the answer.
EXTREMELY useful tip.
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