Nikola Tesla was the inventor who invented the Alternate Current (AC). He achieved this in a laboratory in New York City, where he and his partners set up the newly established Tesla Motor Company. The product that will introduce AC to the market was the Alternate Current Induction Motor. This device would be later presented to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in May 1888 and subsequently patented.
The introduction of the AC Motor disrupted the whole electrical industry and played path to the creation of numerous inventions that would come afterward, particularly in the field of electronics. As such products require to operate under AC.
Marty just found out that he failed his History GR. He believes that he did poorly on the test because the instructor asked unfair questions and that he had a lot of other activities going on. Marty's beliefs about why he failed are an example of Self-Serving Bias