{"id":9471,"date":"2015-05-29T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/?page_id=9471"},"modified":"2015-08-06T21:48:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T21:48:59","slug":"errata-wp-5ed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/errata\/errata-wp-5ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Errata – Word Problems, 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
115<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n For question #2, the 2nd statement contains an error.<\/td>\r\n (2) Berdoff is driving 25 meters per minute faster than Abernathy.<\/td>\r\n (2) Abernathy is driving 25 meters per minute faster than Berdoff.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
115<\/td>\r\n Mid<\/td>\r\n Use the wording below for question #4.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \r\n A list kept at Town Hall contains the town's average daily temperature in Fahrenheit, rounded to the nearest integer. A particular completed month has either 30 or 31 days. How many days does the month have?\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
118<\/td>\r\n Mid<\/td>\r\n In the explanation for problem #3, the first line of the explanation for statement (2) contains an error. c is less than 71, not 70.<\/td>\r\n If c is an integer less than 70, the greatest c can be is 70.<\/td>\r\n If c is an integer less than 71, the greatest c can be is 70.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
57<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The variable w is incorrectly defined in the alst sentence on the page.<\/td>\r\n If the average age of women is w, then:<\/td>\r\n If w represents the differential between the average age of women and the average age of the group, then:<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
73<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The last paragraph mixes up the words smallest and largest.<\/td>\r\n In this case, if you subtract the largest<\/b> number from the smallest<\/b><\/td>\r\n In this case, if you subtract the smallest<\/b> number from the largest<\/b><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
87<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n The last line on the page should be subtraction, not addition.<\/td>\r\n 50 + 20 = 30 male employees<\/td>\r\n 50 – 20 = 30 male employees<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
39<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n In the second line of the equation at the top of the page, 2\/21 should be 21\/2.<\/td>\r\n t = 2\/21 = 10 1\/2<\/td>\r\n t = 21\/2 = 10 1\/2<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
40<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The units for Rate should be bottles\/min, NOT bottles\/hr.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
96<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The answer to #5 should be 48%.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
129<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The numbering of the questions on the page skips #2.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
129<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n Problem #3 contains incorrect punctuation.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \r\n When it is 2:01 PM Sunday afternoon in Nullepart, it is Monday in Eimissaan. When it is 1:00 PM Wednesday in Eimissaan, it is also Wednesday in Nullepart. When it is noon Friday in Nullepart, what is the range of possible times in Eimissaan?\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
34<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The explanation on page 34 mistakenly confuses Clyde and Harvey. The explanation should ultimately show that Clyde's rate is 5 miles per hour.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
35<\/td>\r\n Bot<\/td>\r\n In the chart at the bottom of the page, the distance Car Y traveled should be d – 40, NOT d + 40.<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n \u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
132<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n The last word of the explanation for #7a should be median, not mean.<\/td>\r\n “…are within six pages of the mean.”<\/td>\r\n “…are within six pages of the median.”<\/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":"

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