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“Printer’s Errors”

\displaystyle     2^{5} \times 9^{2} = 2592

\displaystyle     2^{5} \times \frac{25}{31} = 25\frac{25}{31}

\displaystyle    11^{2} \times 9\frac{1}{3} = 1129\frac{1}{3}

\displaystyle    3^{4} \times 425 = 34425

\displaystyle    9^{2} - 1^{2} = 92 - 12 = 80

\displaystyle    \sqrt{2\frac{2}{3}} = 2\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}

(Via Robert A. Carman, “Mathematical Misteaks,” Mathematics Teacher 64:2 [February 1971], 109-115.)

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