Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach?7 F" |" S. R& o( R+ g4 w
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A: A tangent. 5 A0 h% T; Z3 A$ L/ F. P+ g3 l8 g: o. A* z: `7 X; B
tangent 7 s, u0 I& S* }& G7 ^6 s2 ?; k
noun & @9 W l- |% K: M( z& ~4 ]- j. b1 U (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it