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+HOMEWORK 6: INVERSE WORD SEARCH
+
+
+NAME:  < insert name >
+
+
+COLLABORATORS AND OTHER RESOURCES: 
+List the names of everyone you talked to about this assignment
+(classmates, TAs, ALAC tutors, upperclassmen, students/instructor via
+LMS, etc.), and all of the resources (books, online reference
+material, etc.) you consulted in completing this assignment.
+
+< insert collaborators / resources >
+
+Remember: Your implementation for this assignment must be done on your
+own, as described in "Academic Integrity for Homework" handout.
+
+ESTIMATE OF # OF HOURS SPENT ON THIS ASSIGNMENT:  < insert # hours >
+
+
+ALGORITHM ANALYSIS:
+What's the order notation of your algorithm?
+
+
+
+TEST CASE SUMMARY:
+How did your program perform on the different test cases?  Summarize
+the running times.  (It's ok if it didn't finish the harder examples.)
+What new test cases did you create and how did it perform on those
+tests?
+
+
+
+MISC. COMMENTS TO GRADER:  
+Optional, please be concise!
+
+