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Update Functions-use-and-modify-R.md #985

Closed DanielEWeeks closed 11 months ago

DanielEWeeks commented 11 months ago

Changing Part 1 of this exercise to ask the reader to estimate "the mass of a Theropoda" because the preceding text does not mention a Spinosaurus at all.

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Changing Part 1 of this exercise to ask the reader to estimate "the mass of a Theropoda" because the preceding text does not mention a Spinosaurus at all.

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ethanwhite commented 11 months ago

Thanks @DanielEWeeks! That is definitely quite confusing if you don't know dinosaur taxonomy. Not sure why I ever thought that was a good idea.