Together with Brooks/Cole, we are in the process of eliminating typos and errors from subsequent printings of the series. In the meantime, we hope that this listing of corrections to the second printing will be helpful to instructors and students using the text.
p. 56, Halfway down the page.
The formula for the slope of the regression line is wrongly printed, as shown in the following graphic:
The authors are grateful to Lucy Mazany for spotting this error.
p. 76, First line.
Replace "new members who join the club in a month" by "members in the club" as shown in the following graphic:
p. 139, Midway down the page.
Replace "0.001" in the denominator by "0.0001" as shown in the following graphic:
p. 150, Instructions for Exercises 17-22, part (b).
Delete the phrase "use the answer to part (a) to" as shown in the following graphic:
p. 182, Top left of the page.
In the discussion before Exercise 45, insert the phrase "in billions of dollars" as shown in red in the following graphic:
The authors are grateful to Judy Jones for spotting this error.
p. 291, Exercise #66.
A graphing calculator icon appears instead of the promised graph. The following graphic shows the graph as it should appear.
The authors are grateful to Judy Jones for spotting this error.
p. 336, End of Example 1
In the second displayed formula, replace $9.94 by $9.40 as shown in the following graphic:
p. A39, Answers to 3.6 Exercises.
In answer to Exercise 45, change $2.45 to $2450 as shown in red in the following graphic:
The authors are grateful to Judy Jones for spotting this error.
Last Updated: April, 2002