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‘You have to actually think’: How to solve the hardest HSC maths problem

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 20 October 2026 at 11:36 am

‘You have to actually think’: How to solve the hardest HSC maths problem

We went to North Sydney Girls to solve the hardest problem in the HSC.

This is how they did it.

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