{"id":8195,"date":"2015-06-10T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/?page_id=8195"},"modified":"2017-09-27T00:07:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:07:12","slug":"errata-wp-3ed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/errata\/errata-wp-3ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Errata – Word Problems, 3rd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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32<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n Typo in Step 1<\/td>\r\n …that contain teo distinct but related…<\/td>\r\n …that contain two distinct but related…<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
60<\/td>\r\n Middle<\/td>\r\n #5 Typo<\/td>\r\n The simplest choice is 19 miles for this distance.<\/td>\r\n The simplest choice is 18 miles for this distance.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
65<\/td>\r\n Middle<\/td>\r\n #4 typo<\/td>\r\n r<\/em> = 7\/10 \u00f7 6 = 7\/10 buckets per minute<\/td>\r\n r<\/em> = 7\/10 \u00f7 6 = 7\/60 buckets per minute<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
69<\/td>\r\n Top<\/td>\r\n #15 answer typo<\/td>\r\n 15 (A):<\/strong><\/td>\r\n 15. (B):<\/strong><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
69<\/td>\r\n Bottom<\/td>\r\n #15 last line of explanation<\/td>\r\n …reach its destination.<\/td>\r\n …reach its destination and Quantity B is greater<\/strong>.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
91<\/td>\r\n Bottom<\/td>\r\n Bullet point unclear, including wrong signs or missing parentheses<\/td>\r\n Roughly 2\/3 of the sample … (entire bullet point)<\/td>\r\n Roughly 2\/3 of the sample will fall within 1 standard deviation of the mean.\u00a0 That means that roughly 1\/3 of the sample falls within 1 standard deviation below the mean and roughly 1\/3 of the sample falls within 1 standard deviation above the mean.\u00a0 Thus, in the example above, a value of 6 is at roughly 50% \u2013 (1\/2)(2\/3) = 17%, or the 17th<\/sup> percentile.\u00a0 A value of 14 is at roughly 50% + (1\/2)(2\/3) = 83%, or the 83rd<\/sup> percentile.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
91<\/td>\r\n Bottom<\/td>\r\n Bullet point unclear, including wrong signs or missing parentheses<\/td>\r\n Roughly 96% of the sample … (entire bullet point)<\/td>\r\n Roughly 96% of the sample will fall within 2 standard deviations of the mean.\u00a0 In other words, roughly 48% of the sample falls between the mean and 2 standard deviations below<\/em> the mean; roughly 48% of the sample falls between the mean and 2 standard deviations above<\/em> the mean.\u00a0 Thus, in the example above, a value of 2 will be at 50% \u2013 (1\/2)(96%) = 50% \u2013 48% = 2%, or the 2nd<\/sup> percentile.\u00a0 A value of 18 will be at 50% + (1\/2)(96%) = 50% + 48% = 98%, or the 98th<\/sup> percentile.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
93<\/td>\r\n Middle<\/td>\r\n #6 Typo<\/td>\r\n Weighted Average = 2\/3(120) + 1\/3(120)<\/td>\r\n Weighted Average = 2\/3(120) + 1\/3(180)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
109<\/td>\r\n Middle<\/td>\r\n #6 clarity<\/td>\r\n Mario’s Pizza has two choices of crust: deep dish and thin and crispy.<\/td>\r\n Mario’s Pizza has two choices of crust: deep dish or thin crust.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Errata – Word Problems, 3rd Edition Cover for 3rd Edition 3.0 Page Location Description Erroneous Text Correction 32 Top Typo in Step 1 …that contain teo distinct but related… …that contain two distinct but related… 60 Middle #5 Typo The simplest choice is 19 miles for this distance. The simplest choice is 18 miles for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"parent":8123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-8195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8195"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10787,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8195\/revisions\/10787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}