Around 250,000 people are expected to attend the seven-turn race, which will loop around the east end of the National Mall and run down Pennsylvania and Independence Avenues.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2026
To solve, loop one end of the string around the peg on the parabola with an x-coordinate of –3 (y = 9) and attach the other end of the string to a peg with an x-coordinate of 4 (y = 16).
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2026
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