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A slightly different question about tangential circles and the spaces in between.




Compare this question to the following, from the 2004 SAT Practice Test:

• Which question seems harder? What are the difficult aspects of each?


• Do we have to specify the angle APB?


• How are these two questions different in terms of the knowledge they require for solving?


• Is this question made harder by the "how many times" part? Does that phrasing make the question unnatural?

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This is a straightforward question. I'd like to make all of you students into teachers for a minute ... Let's create a test question!

• Do we have to specify angle AOB?


• Is there a better way to say something without actually saying it?


• What other instructions and given information could we provide that would lead to the same answer?


• What is the best question here?