{"id":9456,"date":"2015-05-29T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/?page_id=9456"},"modified":"2015-06-10T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T17:09:27","slug":"errata-algebra-5ed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/errata\/errata-algebra-5ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Errata – Algebra, 5th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Page<\/th>\r\n Loc<\/th>\r\n Description<\/th>\r\n Erroneous Text<\/th>\r\n Correction<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/thead>\r\n
19<\/td>\r\n Mid<\/td>\r\n The answer for #3 is incorrect. -11 1\/2 shouyld be -12 1\/2.<\/td>\r\n -25\/2 or -11 1\/2<\/b><\/td>\r\n -25\/2 or -12 1\/2<\/b><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
121<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The expression that contains the 4th root of x^3 is missing an equal sign.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
151<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The third line in the chart is incorrect. When the input is 0, the (x, y) coordinates should be (0,1), NOT (1, 0).<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
127<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n In the explanation to #2, the fraction (x+1)\/x should be raised to the -2, not to the 2..<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
171<\/td>\r\n Mid<\/td>\r\n In the explanation for #3, “Case 2” is written incorrectly. Case 2 is for the situation where x < 0.<\/td>\r\n \r\n Case 2: x > 0\r\n
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12 > x\r\n <\/td>\r\n 		\r\n Case 2: x < 0\r\n
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115<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The example problem should specify abc<\/i> does not equal 0.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
87<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The last sentence of the explanation for #5 should say root(12), not root(6).<\/td>\r\n The competitive edge has increased from root(2) to root(6).<\/td>\r\n The competitive edge has increased from root(2) to root(12).<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
129<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The explanation for #8 should say that Statement 1 is INSUFFICIENT and that Statement 2 is SUFFICIENT.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Errata – Algebra, 5th Edition Cover for 5th Edition Release Date: April 24, 2012 5.0 Page Loc Description Erroneous Text Correction 19 Mid The answer for #3 is incorrect. -11 1\/2 shouyld be -12 1\/2. -25\/2 or -11 1\/2 -25\/2 or -12 1\/2 121 Bot The expression that contains the 4th root of x^3 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"parent":9417,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-9456","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9456"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9649,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9456\/revisions\/9649"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}