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The following errors have been reported:
- 1.1 Trigonometric identities: x should be y on the vertical leg of the triangle (Katie Anderson).
- 1.2 Eq. (1):
\cos->\sinin\csc(Zoe Parten). - 1.2 Eq. (3): should be
\sin(A+B) = \cos A \sin B + \sin A \cos B(Zoe Parten). - 1.3 after Eq. (8):
\epsilonneeds$$, exsit -> exist (Katie Anderson). - 1.5 Eq. (14):
2x^2 + 3->2x^2 + 5(Zoe Parten). - 1.5 Eq. (24): answer should be
(-2x^5 +4x^3 + 4x)/ (x^8 + 4x^4 +4)(Zoe Parten). - 1.5 Eq. (27): definition of u is missing, should be
(x-1)(x^2 - 2x)(Zoe Parten). - 1.5 before Eq. (41): problem statement
\sin x->4 \sin x(Zoe Parten). - 1.3 Eq. (19):
x+1->x-1in numerator and denominator (Katie Anderson). - 3.1 Eq. (13): this example was supposed to be for subtraction, and the matrices on the left are in the wrong order. They should be swapped here, then the result should be
[6 4 3; 6 3 2]. The example should be copied to subtraction with the order swapped. (Zoe Parten) - 3.1 Eq. (15):
-2 x 4->-2 x -2(Zoe Parten). - 3.3 Eq. (23): the first equation should be
x_2 + x_3 = -2(Jackson Brickey). - 3.3 Eq. (25): the coefficient of
x_3in the first equation should be 4 (Andrew Turkiewicz). - 3.3 Eq. (29): the last element of the initial augmented matrix should be 2 not -2 (Andrew Turkiewicz).
- 4.2 Eq. (8): missing comma between roots.
- 5.5 Eq. (4):
^2is in the wrong spot, should go in denominator. - 7.2 Eq. (3):
y'should bey''. - 7.4 Eq. (9):
\lambda+1should be\lambda-1. - 7.4 Eq. (30): equation needs line break
- 7.5 Eq. (11):
-1.5xshould be in the exponent. - 7.5 Eq. (34): equation needs line break
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Start from the linked Trigonometric identities page and locate the listed sections and equation numbers throughout the textbook. Work through the checklist, correcting the reported text, equations, matrices, and formatting, then verify the rendered pages show each correction.
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