From markaf@MIT.EDU Thu Mar 4 15:57:13 2004 Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:31:39 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Alan Finlayson To: 6.050-students@MIT.EDU Subject: [2.110/6.050] Typos in homework set 5 Class, Two minor typos have been discovered in the problem set for this week, which may cause you some confusion. They are: In 3a, the question asks "how many bits....this 44-character phrase using a fixed length code?" It is a 29-character phrase, not 44. In 3c, "..each of the fourteen symbols..." There are only nine symbols, not fourteen. A corrected version of the problem set has been posted on the web. Mark -------------- Mark Finlayson Teaching Assistant for 2.110J/6.050J office: 38-344c email: markaf@mit.edu phone: 617.452.2845 mobile: 617.515.0708