Revealing the Magic of Skele-Gro
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This paper investigates the extent to which Skele-Gro increases the rate of normal bone growth by comparing the regrowth of Harry’s arm bones to the rate of regeneration of bone in a fracture. The amount of energy provided by Skele-Gro is also determined. We find that the rate of bone growth is at least 90 times greater than that of a fracture repair and that the amount of energy that Skele-Gro supplies to do this is a minimum of 133,050 kcal. The lower estimate of Skele-Gro’s power output is therefore 6443 W.
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