Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach? ]+ J% y+ G+ f7 O, x+ q8 }& R
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A: A tangent. : K) y1 o2 m( L, @8 I' f
2 E8 x0 u4 M! W- U8 F1 Qtangent 8 v0 ]1 k) S' U, |( T7 r noun ) u2 Y, r' U+ u' S2 R, u( s (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it