In The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace Homer wants to be a famous
inventor, like Thomas Edison.
He works in his basement and writes the following on the blackboard:
He then tries to build his invention, but instead he
blows up his basement.
Afterwards, using his singed hand,
he changes an inequality sign on the blackboard.
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Question
One of Homer's equations led to an explosion. Can we trust the others?
Is the rest of the mathematics on the blackboard correct?
The first equation shows
M(H0) = π (1/137)8 sqrt(hc/G)
The second equation shows
398712 + 436512 = 447212
The last line of the blackboard shows
Homer's attempt to turn a donut into a sphere (one would think
Homer would want to go in the reverse direction.)
Justify your answers.
Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald,
Appalachian State University
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