<p>My ap cal teacher informed me that the recommendation he submitted to a few of my schools, including princeton, contained a typo. I guess he had tried to give an example that shows my math intuition or whatever so he put this:</p>
<p>“I once asked my class if 1 and .9 repeating are equivalent. While most of my students answered in the negative, Lakshmi was one of the few that said yes. However, she was the only student to immediately create a mathematical proof to support her answer. She reasoned that if 1/3 is equivalent to 0.3 repeating, then when each is multiplied by three, the inevitable conclusion is that one must equal 0.9 repeating.”</p>
<p>Except in the recs that he sent out, he accidentally left out the word “repeating” after .9 and .3 so that it says that I proved that 1=.9 by saying that 1/3=.3</p>
<p>I’m sure that admissions officers would be able to figure it out, but do you guys think that he should send out a different one with a letter explaining that the first one contained a typo? Would it be ok if he faxed it? </p>
<p>Thanks! (and sorry for the long post)</p>