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    "## The Middle"
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    "Suppose that Yulin, another INF110 student, is tasked with writing code to find the middle of three distinct numbers named `a`, `b`, and `c`. (By “middle” we mean the value that is neither the maximum nor the minimum.) For example, given the values 4, 2, and 7, the code should give back 4.\n",
    "\n",
    "Yulin has a moment of inspired thought and rapidly types the following into her Jupyter notebook:"
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    "a + b + c - max(a, b, c) + min(a, b, c)"
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    "Is her code correct?  Why or why not?  If not, make a *simple* change to the cell above to fix it.\n",
    "\n",
    "*Hint:* Running the cell will produce an error because we haven't defined `a`, `b`, and `c`, but you're free to make any changes you want to test your ideas.  (When you submit, just indicate which cell is your final answer.)"
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