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[Meltdown Mitigation]: Corrected "critical" to "balanced in criticality" on line 15 of Instructions #3993

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Corrected critical to balanced in criticaltiy on line 15 of intructions.
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Corrected docstring to refer to balanced in criticality.
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions exercises/concept/meltdown-mitigation/.docs/instructions.md
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Expand Up @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ The following three tasks are all related to writing code for maintaining ideal

## 1. Check for criticality

The first thing a control system has to do is check if the reactor is balanced in criticality.
A reactor is said to be critical if it satisfies the following conditions:
The first thing a control system has to do is check if the reactor is _balanced in criticality_.
A reactor is said to be balanced in criticality if it satisfies the following conditions:

- The temperature is less than 800 K.
- The number of neutrons emitted per second is greater than 500.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion exercises/concept/meltdown-mitigation/conditionals.py
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def is_criticality_balanced(temperature, neutrons_emitted):
:param neutrons_emitted: int or float - number of neutrons emitted per second.
:return: bool - is criticality balanced?

A reactor is said to be critical if it satisfies the following conditions:
A reactor is said to be balanced in criticality if it satisfies the following conditions:
- The temperature is less than 800 K.
- The number of neutrons emitted per second is greater than 500.
- The product of temperature and neutrons emitted per second is less than 500000.
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