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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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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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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p.xxx No current suggestions
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