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Assignment 19

I think there's a stray $a$ in the middle of the solution to Q3(ii) of assignment 19 (page 4 of the hints).

It currently reads: \[\frac{a+7}{b+7}=\frac{a^2+51}{b^2+51}a,.\]

I loved the last part of that question - it took me ages to find the common factor.

Stray $a$ removed, thanks again! Glad you enjoyed the question :-)

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