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Corrections for Motion, Forces, and Energy ©1997

As part of its Open Book Initiative, Pearson Education has established an Internet-based communication policy that alerts educators to any factual or typographical errors or areas of possible misunderstanding in its school programs. In accordance with this policy, Prentice Hall is alerting you to revisions made in Motion, Forces, and Energy ©1997.

We organized the corrections by category:
  • Corrections of factual errors
  • Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors
  • Changes for clarification, where the original wording or art could be improved to support student understanding
Publishers typically reprint books several times over the life of a copyright. Corrections can be made in each printing. Thus, depending on which printing of Motion, Forces, and Energy you have, these corrections may already appear in your textbook.
Key: Fig. = Figure
par. 1, par. 2, etc. = paragraph 1, paragraph 2, etc. (an incomplete paragraph at the top of a page is counted as paragraph 1)
col. 1, col. 2, etc. = column 1, column 2, etc.
MC = Multiple Choice

Student Edition
ISBN: 0-13-423278-X

Corrections of factual errors.

Click for revised graphics.
Page Location Original Revision
23 Fig. 1-13, caption line 5 "What is the acceleration of the race car?"
or
"What indicates that the race car is accelerating?"		 Question deleted.
61 par. 4, lines 1–2 "...fifteenth century..." "...sixteenth century..."
71 Fig. 3-13 Ice cube is shown floating in water with single corner pointing highest and with sides at 45-degree angle to the water. Ice cube should be shown floating in water with one side above and parallel to the water surface. See corrected Fig. 3-13.

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision
32 Content Review, MC #6 "If a motorboat travels 25 km/hr down a river whose velocity is 4 km/hr, what is the boat's actual velocity?" "If a motorboat travels 25 km/hr down a river that has a velocity of 4 km/hr, what is the boat's actual velocity?"

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision
22 Fig. 1-12, caption, lines 3–4 "...what other information do you need to calculate its final acceleration?" "...what other information do you need to calculate its acceleration?"
32 Content Review, MC #8d "average speed" "speed"
40 par. 3, lines 8–10 "Cars often skid on icy streets because the smooth surface of the ice reduces the friction between the tires and the road." "Cars often skid on icy streets because the friction between the tires and the road is reduced."
87 par. 1, lines 3–4 "The 110-watt light bulb is more powerful than..." "The 110-watt light bulb has more power than..."
97 par. 2, line 1 "A fishing pole..." "A surf-casting rod..."
97 par. 2, lines 2, 4, 5, and 7 "pole" Replace "pole" with "rod."
97 par. 2, line 9 "...the effort force required but..." "...the effort force but..."


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