normal vector - 2023 NASAT

Question

Unlike the first fundamental form, this construct appears in the definition of the coefficients of the second fundamental form. Negative torsion multiplies this construct in one of the Frenet-Serret formulas, (-5[1])which relates it to a construct whose name prepends ■END■

ANSWER: normal vector [or n or unit normal vector or normal line]

= Average correct buzz position

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Summary


2023 NASAT	06/17/2023	Y	9	67%	0%	44%	95.83

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Adam Smith	California	Missouri A	29	-5
Rohan Ganeshan	Illinois Blue	Arkansas	49	10
Eshan Pant	New Jersey A	Virginia	59	10
Shreyas Singh	Illinois Orange	Asia A	63	-5
Frank Xie	Asia B	Illinois White	83	10
Anurag Sodhi	Maryland Gold	Liberia	106	10
Ethan Furman	Pennsylvania	Kentucky A	111	-5
Agastya Kalagarla	New Jersey B	Missouri B	111	-5
Jonah Hubert	Kentucky A	Pennsylvania	139	10
Leonard Castine	Kentucky B	Ohio	139	0
Caden Haustein	Missouri B	New Jersey B	139	0
Jack Rado	Ohio	Kentucky B	139	0
Saara Katyal	Asia A	Illinois Orange	139	10

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ANSWER: normal vector [or n or unit normal vector or normal line]

= Average correct buzz position

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Summary


2023 NASAT	06/17/2023	Y	9	67%	0%	44%	95.83

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Adam Smith	California	Missouri A	29	-5
Rohan Ganeshan	Illinois Blue	Arkansas	49	10
Eshan Pant	New Jersey A	Virginia	59	10
Shreyas Singh	Illinois Orange	Asia A	63	-5
Frank Xie	Asia B	Illinois White	83	10
Anurag Sodhi	Maryland Gold	Liberia	106	10
Ethan Furman	Pennsylvania	Kentucky A	111	-5
Agastya Kalagarla	New Jersey B	Missouri B	111	-5
Jonah Hubert	Kentucky A	Pennsylvania	139	10
Leonard Castine	Kentucky B	Ohio	139	0
Caden Haustein	Missouri B	New Jersey B	139	0
Jack Rado	Ohio	Kentucky B	139	0
Saara Katyal	Asia A	Illinois Orange	139	10