def easy_unpack(elements: tuple) -> tuple:
"""
returns a tuple with 3 elements - first, third and second to the last
"""
elem_first = elements[0]
elem_third = elements[2]
elem_last = elements[-2]
t = elem_first, elem_third, elem_last
return tuple(t)
if __name__ == '__main__':
print('Examples:')
print(easy_unpack((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)))
assert easy_unpack((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)) == (1, 3, 7)
assert easy_unpack((1, 1, 1, 1)) == (1, 1, 1)
assert easy_unpack((6, 3, 7)) == (6, 7, 3)
print('Done! Go Check!')