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Published: Sep 16, 2005 01:41 PM
Mon - December 1, 2003
Toast of the Town: A Formula for Success
Thousands of pounds worth of
research—yours for the taking.
A
mathematical research project recently completed at Leeds University isn't
likely to win a Nobel Prize, but Denny's restaurants will want to test the
findings rigorously.
After three months work and £10,000 in research, scientists have determined the perfect formula for buttered toast (shown at left). H represents thickness, Cp the specific heat, P density, T the initial temperature of the toast, w the weight, and subscript a and b toast and butter respectively.
Researchers still can't explain why the likelihood that a piece of toast will fall with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet beneath.
But science presses on!