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push a pencil



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If we push a pencil against the string, making the string taut, and then slide the pencil against the string all around the tacks, the curve that results is an ellipse.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

“If you push a pencil across a table, it’s very hard to keep it going straight,” Sancoff explains.

From BusinessWeek Aug. 21, 2014




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