Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach? 1 x; m" y# _9 _% D. z7 L0 p% g7 A$ G0 f! m8 d
A: A tangent. 2 z8 h( F! d$ G; z+ W2 l" m
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(geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it