Online Classroom: Prob. 1-19

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Posted by Starpath • (Member # 1) on February 12, 2007, 01:10 PM:

This question asks about miles per "handwidth," but in the text where this is discussed (3rd paragraph of chapter 2) we use the word "handspan."

This is not so crucial—they mean the same in this application—but we should be consistent, and it seems handspan is a better word for this.