Page 59, "Excel for Scientists and Engineers" typo

[eholz1]

hello Mr. Excel ,

I am sure this may have been caught before...(?)

I am dumb sort of, took me a while to wake up (even though I know the accel of gravity is 9.8 m/s/s aka 32 ft/s/s)

the value for execise 25 is show as s = 16t2

I am thinking (and your chart confirms this) that what you REALLY meant was
s = 32*t^2 which reads as s (distance) equals accelleration (32 ft/s/s) times t SQUARED.

where t = time in seconds.

Now to be real modern - perhaps should have used 9.8 m/s/s

my headache is over now.

eholz1

 

[MrExcel]

Thanks - I will pass this on to the author and we can fix it in a 2nd edition.

Bill