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SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - It's back to school time and for many students frustration with trying to keep up in math class returns.

To help, News 8’s Heather Myers talks with a mathemagician. Arthur Benjamin is a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College and is also a mathemagician. His skills are put to the test in the above video.

Benjamin also just released the book: The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

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