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For All Practical Purposes: Mathematical Literacy in Today's World (8th Edition) by Lawrence M. (Con) Lesser, Joseph (Con) Malkevitch, Comap Solomon Garfunkel, David S. (Con) Moore, Alan D. (Con) Taylor, Bruce P. Conrad, Inc. Staff Comap Hardcover, 780 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 1-4292-0900-3 / 1429209003 ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-0900-7 / 9781429209007 How can we be sure that this method detects 100% of the single-position errors? Well, let's say that a correct number is * 1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8^9^10 and that a mistake is made in the second position. (The same argument applies equally well in every position.) We may write this incorrect number as *i*2 |