Math Is Everywhere! Explore and Discover It!

Fourth Edition

James J. Rutledge

Errata, Updates and Improvements

(revised 4-27-11)

This list of errata and improvements will be updated regularly with input from the various faculty and students who are currently using this textbook.  Thanks to all of you who send your observations and suggestions for improvement!  To contact me, please email to rutledge.james@spcollege.edu

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Errata
Updates
Improvements

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Errata                 <top of page>
 

p.158   Chinese Trigrams and Binary Numbers

        In the Example shown under Assignments, the first sentence should begin like this:  "In Assignment #4, the first trigram consists of...."   (Correction is indicated by red type.)

p.409-410   The All-Powerful Interest Rate

 In the Table at the bottom of p.409, the Mortgage Amounts should be:  $110,000, $100,000, $90,000 and $80,000 for Assignment #1, Assignment #2, Assignment #3 and   Assignment #4, respectively.

 In the Table at the top of p.410, the Principal should be:  $110,000, $100,000, $90,000 and $80,000 for Assignment #1, Assignment #2, Assignment #3 and Assignment #4, respectively.

 

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Updates                 <top of page>
 

p.317   Exercises and Projects for Fun and Profit

The URL shown in the textbook for length of day (duration of daylight) has been changed to: 

http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/duration-us

 

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Improvements                    <top of page>

p.xxx  No current suggestions

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