Word: collinear
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...creativity and originality as much as textbook learning. (Sample problem: three congruent circles have a common point O and lie inside a given triangle. Each circle touches a pair of sides of the triangle. Prove that the incenter and the circumcenter of the triangle, and the point O are collinear.)* Though the problems were Greek to laymen and probably would have taxed many a math teacher, the test left the youngsters, especially the Americans, totally unimpressed. "This was a letdown," complained Harvard-bound Benjamin Fisher, 18, of New York City, who said that the exam was far too easy...
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