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Busting Blockbusters!

Many Hollywood movies have scenes that seem mathematically inaccurate, if not, impossible. Are these scenes truly impossi ble, or are they more plausible than they seem? The goal of the contest is to provide the best mathematical explanations for the following scene. The solutions that best explain a scene ’ s possibility or impossibil ity and the different elements that help form this will receive an award and the winner will be featured in the 49 (1) issue . Answers may be submitted by December

10, 2023 to vmt@radford.edu with the sub ject line: Busting Blockbusters entry . In Never Been Kissed , the protagonist em braces her "nerdy" side and joins a math club. In one montage, you see a couple of the students with calculators standing next to a poster that lists pi as 3.14578699869. What is the problem with this scene? Please explain.

Virginia Mathematics Teacher vol. 48, no. 1

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