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November 17, 2014

We were performing an experiment to determine the power consumption of a TI-86 calculator. Part of this experiment involved dropping a concrete bust from a skyscraper and measuring the energy gained when it hit the ground. We would then measure how long it took for the bust to cool down afterwards. This cooling process was expected to last a whole night. However, due to the value of the sculpture we wanted to test, we instead used replicas that were busts of a young boy and girl.

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