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exercises/practice/affine-cipher/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Create an implementation of the affine cipher, an ancient encryption system crea
 
 The affine cipher is a type of monoalphabetic substitution cipher.
 Each character is mapped to its numeric equivalent, encrypted with a mathematical function and then converted to the letter relating to its new numeric value.
-Although all monoalphabetic ciphers are weak, the affine cipher is much stronger than the atbash cipher, because it has many more keys.
+Although all monoalphabetic ciphers are weak, the affine cipher is much stronger than the Atbash cipher, because it has many more keys.
 
 [//]: # " monoalphabetic as spelled by Merriam-Webster, compare to polyalphabetic "
 

exercises/practice/atbash-cipher/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Create an implementation of the atbash cipher, an ancient encryption system created in the Middle East.
+Create an implementation of the Atbash cipher, an ancient encryption system created in the Middle East.
 
 The Atbash cipher is a simple substitution cipher that relies on transposing all the letters in the alphabet such that the resulting alphabet is backwards.
 The first letter is replaced with the last letter, the second with the second-last, and so on.

exercises/practice/change/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Correctly determine the fewest number of coins to be given to a customer such that the sum of the coins' value would equal the correct amount of change.
+Determine the fewest number of coins to give a customer so that the sum of their values equals the correct amount of change.
 
-## For example
+## Examples
 
-- An input of 15 with [1, 5, 10, 25, 100] should return one nickel (5) and one dime (10) or [5, 10]
-- An input of 40 with [1, 5, 10, 25, 100] should return one nickel (5) and one dime (10) and one quarter (25) or [5, 10, 25]
-
-## Edge cases
-
-- Does your algorithm work for any given set of coins?
-- Can you ask for negative change?
-- Can you ask for a change value smaller than the smallest coin value?
+- An amount of 15 with available coin values [1, 5, 10, 25, 100] should return one coin of value 5 and one coin of value 10, or [5, 10].
+- An amount of 40 with available coin values [1, 5, 10, 25, 100] should return one coin of value 5, one coin of value 10, and one coin of value 25, or [5, 10, 25].

exercises/practice/collatz-conjecture/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,29 +1,3 @@
 # Instructions
 
-The Collatz Conjecture or 3x+1 problem can be summarized as follows:
-
-Take any positive integer n.
-If n is even, divide n by 2 to get n / 2.
-If n is odd, multiply n by 3 and add 1 to get 3n + 1.
-Repeat the process indefinitely.
-The conjecture states that no matter which number you start with, you will always reach 1 eventually.
-
-Given a number n, return the number of steps required to reach 1.
-
-## Examples
-
-Starting with n = 12, the steps would be as follows:
-
-0. 12
-1. 6
-2. 3
-3. 10
-4. 5
-5. 16
-6. 8
-7. 4
-8. 2
-9. 1
-
-Resulting in 9 steps.
-So for input n = 12, the return value would be 9.
+Given a positive integer, return the number of steps it takes to reach 1 according to the rules of the Collatz Conjecture.

exercises/practice/eliuds-eggs/.docs/introduction.md

@@ -12,36 +12,54 @@ The position information encoding is calculated as follows:
 2. Convert the number from binary to decimal.
 3. Show the result on the display.
 
-Example 1:
+## Example 1
+
+![Seven individual nest boxes arranged in a row whose first, third, fourth and seventh nests each have a single egg.](https://assets.exercism.org/images/exercises/eliuds-eggs/example-1-coop.svg)
 
 ```text
-Chicken Coop:
  _ _ _ _ _ _ _
 |E| |E|E| | |E|
+```
+
+### Resulting Binary
+
+![1011001](https://assets.exercism.org/images/exercises/eliuds-eggs/example-1-binary.svg)
+
+```text
+ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+|1|0|1|1|0|0|1|
+```
 
-Resulting Binary:
- 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
+### Decimal number on the display
 
-Decimal number on the display:
 89
 
-Actual eggs in the coop:
+### Actual eggs in the coop
+
 4
+
+## Example 2
+
+![Seven individual nest boxes arranged in a row where only the fourth nest has an egg.](https://assets.exercism.org/images/exercises/eliuds-eggs/example-2-coop.svg)
+
+```text
+ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+| | | |E| | | |
 ```
 
-Example 2:
+### Resulting Binary
+
+![0001000](https://assets.exercism.org/images/exercises/eliuds-eggs/example-2-binary.svg)
 
 ```text
-Chicken Coop:
- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-| | | |E| | | | |
+ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
+|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|
+```
 
-Resulting Binary:
- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
+### Decimal number on the display
 
-Decimal number on the display:
 16
 
-Actual eggs in the coop:
+### Actual eggs in the coop
+
 1
-```

exercises/practice/grade-school/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Given students' names along with the grade that they are in, create a roster for the school.
+Given students' names along with the grade they are in, create a roster for the school.
 
 In the end, you should be able to:
 
-- Add a student's name to the roster for a grade
+- Add a student's name to the roster for a grade:
   - "Add Jim to grade 2."
   - "OK."
-- Get a list of all students enrolled in a grade
+- Get a list of all students enrolled in a grade:
   - "Which students are in grade 2?"
-  - "We've only got Jim just now."
+  - "We've only got Jim right now."
 - Get a sorted list of all students in all grades.
-  Grades should sort as 1, 2, 3, etc., and students within a grade should be sorted alphabetically by name.
-  - "Who all is enrolled in school right now?"
+  Grades should be sorted as 1, 2, 3, etc., and students within a grade should be sorted alphabetically by name.
+  - "Who is enrolled in school right now?"
   - "Let me think.
-    We have Anna, Barb, and Charlie in grade 1, Alex, Peter, and Zoe in grade 2 and Jim in grade 5.
-    So the answer is: Anna, Barb, Charlie, Alex, Peter, Zoe and Jim"
+    We have Anna, Barb, and Charlie in grade 1, Alex, Peter, and Zoe in grade 2, and Jim in grade 5.
+    So the answer is: Anna, Barb, Charlie, Alex, Peter, Zoe, and Jim."
 
-Note that all our students only have one name (It's a small town, what do you want?) and each student cannot be added more than once to a grade or the roster.
-In fact, when a test attempts to add the same student more than once, your implementation should indicate that this is incorrect.
+Note that all our students only have one name (it's a small town, what do you want?), and each student cannot be added more than once to a grade or the roster.
+If a test attempts to add the same student more than once, your implementation should indicate that this is incorrect.

exercises/practice/hamming/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 
 Calculate the Hamming distance between two DNA strands.
 
-Your body is made up of cells that contain DNA.
-Those cells regularly wear out and need replacing, which they achieve by dividing into daughter cells.
-In fact, the average human body experiences about 10 quadrillion cell divisions in a lifetime!
-
-When cells divide, their DNA replicates too.
-Sometimes during this process mistakes happen and single pieces of DNA get encoded with the incorrect information.
-If we compare two strands of DNA and count the differences between them we can see how many mistakes occurred.
-This is known as the "Hamming distance".
-
 We read DNA using the letters C, A, G and T.
 Two strands might look like this:
 
@@ -20,8 +11,6 @@ Two strands might look like this:
 
 They have 7 differences, and therefore the Hamming distance is 7.
 
-The Hamming distance is useful for lots of things in science, not just biology, so it's a nice phrase to be familiar with :)
-
 ## Implementation notes
 
 The Hamming distance is only defined for sequences of equal length, so an attempt to calculate it between sequences of different lengths should not work.

exercises/practice/knapsack/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Your task is to determine which items to take so that the total value of his selection is maximized, taking into account the knapsack's carrying capacity.
+Your task is to determine which items to take so that the total value of her selection is maximized, taking into account the knapsack's carrying capacity.
 
 Items will be represented as a list of items.
 Each item will have a weight and value.
 All values given will be strictly positive.
-Bob can take only one of each item.
+Lhakpa can take only one of each item.
 
 For example:
 
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ Knapsack Maximum Weight: 10
 ```
 
 For the above, the first item has weight 5 and value 10, the second item has weight 4 and value 40, and so on.
-In this example, Bob should take the second and fourth item to maximize his value, which, in this case, is 90.
-He cannot get more than 90 as his knapsack has a weight limit of 10.
+In this example, Lhakpa should take the second and fourth item to maximize her value, which, in this case, is 90.
+She cannot get more than 90 as her knapsack has a weight limit of 10.

exercises/practice/knapsack/.docs/introduction.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Bob is a thief.
-After months of careful planning, he finally manages to crack the security systems of a fancy store.
+Lhakpa is a [Sherpa][sherpa] mountain guide and porter.
+After months of careful planning, the expedition Lhakpa works for is about to leave.
+She will be paid the value she carried to the base camp.
 
-In front of him are many items, each with a value and weight.
-Bob would gladly take all of the items, but his knapsack can only hold so much weight.
-Bob has to carefully consider which items to take so that the total value of his selection is maximized.
+In front of her are many items, each with a value and weight.
+Lhakpa would gladly take all of the items, but her knapsack can only hold so much weight.
+
+[sherpa]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_people#Mountaineering

exercises/practice/protein-translation/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 Translate RNA sequences into proteins.
 
-RNA can be broken into three nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a polypeptide like so:
+RNA can be broken into three-nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a protein like so:
 
 RNA: `"AUGUUUUCU"` => translates to
 
 Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU"`
-=> which become a polypeptide with the following sequence =>
+=> which become a protein with the following sequence =>
 
 Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
 
 Note the stop codon `"UAA"` terminates the translation and the final methionine is not translated into the protein sequence.
 
-Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.
+Below are the codons and resulting amino acids needed for the exercise.
 
-| Codon              | Protein       |
+| Codon              | Amino Acid    |
 | :----------------- | :------------ |
 | AUG                | Methionine    |
 | UUU, UUC           | Phenylalanine |

exercises/practice/rna-transcription/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Your task is determine the RNA complement of a given DNA sequence.
+Your task is to determine the RNA complement of a given DNA sequence.
 
 Both DNA and RNA strands are a sequence of nucleotides.
 
-The four nucleotides found in DNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**), guanine (**G**) and thymine (**T**).
+The four nucleotides found in DNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**), guanine (**G**), and thymine (**T**).
 
-The four nucleotides found in RNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**), guanine (**G**) and uracil (**U**).
+The four nucleotides found in RNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**), guanine (**G**), and uracil (**U**).
 
 Given a DNA strand, its transcribed RNA strand is formed by replacing each nucleotide with its complement: