Use symmetry to prove the car is honest
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Course: Race a Spec Miata by the rulebook
Module: Set the alignment baseline that makes the car honest
Estimated duration: 65 minutes
This lesson is not about choosing the final alignment numbers for your Spec Miata. The sibling lessons in this module cover the precision alignment, the driver ballast, the rear toe priority, and the discipline of changing one variable at a time. This lesson starts after that work. You have a baseline. Now you need to learn whether the car is telling the same story in left turns and right turns.
The core rule is simple: an honest baseline should be directionally consistent. If the car has been measured carefully, the steering is centered correctly, the toe and camber are where you intended them to be, and the suspension is not steering itself asymmetrically under load, then comparable left and right situations should feel comparable. Not identical, because tracks are not mirror images and corners are not laboratory fixtures. Comparable. The left-front tire and right-front tire should take turns being the heavily loaded outside front without one direction making you fight the wheel, wait forever for the nose, or catch a rear that arrives late after the car already seemed settled.
You are using symmetry as feedback, not as a magic diagnosis. A left-right difference does not automatically tell you which bolt to turn. It tells you where to investigate. The important skill is to notice the difference precisely enough that you can separate car asymmetry from track asymmetry and driver asymmetry. You are learning to say: this only happens in right-hand entries under brake release, or this only happens on left-hand exits after the car is loaded, or this braking pull appears even when the car is straight. Once the symptom has a phase, a direction, and a repeat count, the setup conversation becomes much cleaner.
Why symmetry matters mechanically
A race car changes direction because the tires work at slip angles. In the supplied handling material, a neutral car is described as having all four tires operating at the same slip angle, while understeer and oversteer are differences in how much slip angle the front and rear tires are carrying. For this lesson, keep the idea practical. When you ask the car to turn, the tires do not simply point where the wheels point. They operate at a small angle to their path, and the size of that angle is part of the car's balance.
If the car asks for a noticeably different steering angle, steering force, or waiting time in one direction than the other, the tires may not be arriving at the same operating condition left versus right. Alignment is one reason. Toe and camber are not independent little islands. The suspension text points out that toe-in and camber changes affect each other, and that it may take repeated adjustment cycles to get both to the intended point. That means a car can leave the setup pad looking roughly correct in one number while another number has moved enough to matter. Symmetry feedback is one of the ways you catch that in the real world.
Steering centering is another reason. For front alignment, the steering rack or gearbox should be centered and held fixed while each tie rod is adjusted, because the goal is equal travel in both directions. This is not the same as making the steering wheel look straight on the straightaway. A steering wheel can be corrected while the rack is not truly centered, and then one direction may have a different steering relationship than the other. In a Spec Miata, where the car rewards small, confident inputs and punishes unnecessary scrub, you do not want to discover that your baseline has a built-in directional preference.
Load and compliance add another layer. Under hard cornering, the outside wheel carries much of the load. If the left and right sides are not behaving the same, the problem often shows up when a particular corner of the car becomes the outside loaded corner. The suspension text also describes compliance effects that can create steering forces at the wheel. Under braking, unequal longitudinal drag between the two front tires can feel like a pull. In a hard corner, excessive offset or compliance can give the driver a constant wheel fight. The lesson is not that every pull is alignment. The lesson is that the steering wheel is a sensor. If it fights you only in one direction, or fights you under straight braking before the car is even turned, the phase of the fight matters.
The rear can also create false certainty. The same source describes a case where the car seems to have reached a steady state, then continues to roll or hits an asymmetrical bump, and the rear may steer differently from the front. If the rear steers the wrong way at that moment, the driver can be surprised by oversteer after the car appeared settled. This is why you do not judge symmetry only at turn-in. You split the corner into entry, set, middle, and exit. A car that turns in similarly left and right but gets strange after the load has built is giving you a different clue than a car that refuses to point immediately in one direction.
What symmetry is, and what it is not
Symmetry does not mean every left corner should feel like every right corner. That would be a fake test. Track camber, braking zone surface, bumps, corner radius, and corner speed all change the problem. A right-hand uphill corner with a pavement seam is not a fair comparison to a flat left-hand sweeper. Your job is to build a comparison that is honest enough to trust.
A fair comparison has three qualities. First, the corner phase is the same. You compare straight braking to straight braking, brake release to brake release, steady midcorner to steady midcorner, and exit throttle to exit throttle. Second, the demand is similar. You compare corners of similar speed and radius when you can, or you use a skid pad or test section if the event gives you one. Third, the symptom repeats. One moment of uncertainty is an observation. A repeated direction-specific behavior is evidence.
The useful question is not whether the car feels perfect. The useful question is whether the same kind of work is required in both directions. Does the wheel build effort similarly? Does the nose accept the steering input after the same waiting time? Does the rear take a set at the same point in the corner? Does the car need an unusual extra correction only when the same side of the car is loaded? Does the braking zone ask you to steer against a pull before turn-in? Those are symmetry questions.
This is especially valuable in a Spec Miata because the platform is close enough, simple enough, and tightly regulated enough that small baseline errors can hide in plain sight. You may not have a large aero map, adjustable differential tuning, or big power delivery changes to explain away the feel. If the car is not honest left to right, you should not bury the symptom under driving adaptation. You should record it, repeat it, and bring it back to the alignment baseline.
Sub-skill 1: Center the question before you center the wheel
Many drivers begin with the visible steering wheel. They drive down the straight, see the wheel a little left or right, and decide the car has an alignment problem. That may be true, but the better question begins at the rack. The alignment procedure described in the engineering text centers and fixes the steering rack or gearbox while the tie rods are adjusted, so each direction has equal travel. Equal travel is the point. The steering wheel is an indicator, not the foundation.
On track, your first job is to notice whether the car is directionally biased or merely cosmetically off-center. A wheel that sits slightly crooked on the straight but the car brakes straight, turns left and right with similar effort, and takes a set cleanly may be a steering wheel centering issue. A wheel that sits crooked and the car also has a direction-specific refusal, pull, or wheel fight is a bigger clue. Do not collapse those two cases into one.
Use a simple mental separation. Straight-line steering wheel position belongs to the straightaway note. Left-right cornering effort belongs to the cornering note. Braking pull belongs to the braking note. If all three point in the same direction, you have stronger evidence. If only one appears, you have a narrower investigation.
Sub-skill 2: Tag the phase before you name the fault
A direction-specific problem is only useful if you know when it happens. Divide the corner into four phases.
The first phase is straight braking. At this point, the car should not be using cornering grip yet. If it pulls under braking, if one front tire locks before the other, or if the rear darts around, you are reading a braking and longitudinal-load problem before you are reading a midcorner alignment problem. The brake-bias material is explicit that side-to-side lockup can be observed during testing and that a rear-biased car can feel like the rear is moving around during braking. In a closed-wheel car, you may not see the tire directly, so you rely on feel and supporting evidence such as smoke from a wheel well.
The second phase is brake release and turn-in. Here you ask whether the car accepts the first steering input similarly in both directions. If one direction needs a second bite at the wheel before the nose responds, or the other direction rotates too eagerly, that is an entry-phase asymmetry. You should not diagnose it yet. You should record it as entry left or entry right.
The third phase is the loaded middle. This is where the outside tires are doing the large share of the lateral work. A car can turn in acceptably and then become biased after roll builds. The compliance discussion matters here, because the car may continue to roll after the driver thinks it has stabilized, and that extra motion can introduce more steer angle at the front or rear. If the problem arrives late, after the set, do not call it the same problem as an immediate turn-in refusal.
The fourth phase is exit. The handling material warns that a racetrack setup needs the front and rear of the car to do their appropriate share of the direction change so the car can reach its ideal slip-angle range. On exit, if one direction consistently washes out when you add throttle while the other direction drives off cleanly, write the symptom as exit understeer in that direction. If one direction needs a catch while the other accepts throttle, write it as exit rotation in that direction. The phase tells the mechanic or coach where to look first.
Sub-skill 3: Separate balance from asymmetry
A car can be generally understeery and still symmetric. A car can be generally loose and still symmetric. Symmetry feedback is about side-to-side honesty, not whether you like the overall balance yet.
The slip-angle material helps here. Understeer and oversteer describe how the front and rear tires compare to one another. Left-right symmetry asks a different question: when the right side of the car is loaded versus when the left side is loaded, does the same balance show up? A mild, predictable push in both similar left and right corners is a balance problem or setup preference. A push only in right-handers is a symmetry problem until proven otherwise.
This distinction protects you from chasing the wrong fix. If the car pushes everywhere, you can work through the module's normal setup sequence. If the car pushes only when one side is loaded, a global balance change may hide the real issue. You might make the car more aggressive overall, then still carry a direction-specific weakness. The driver feels faster for a few laps because the worst symptom is masked, but the baseline is still not honest.
Sub-skill 4: Read the brake zone as a symmetry test
The cleanest left-right clue often appears before the corner. Under braking, the car is asking the front tires to produce longitudinal force. The engineering text notes that this can be felt as a pull away from the side that is losing traction or sliding a tire. The brake-bias material adds that a car may tend to lock one side slightly before the other during testing, and that the rear moving around during braking is a physical sensation of too much rear bias.
For a Spec Miata driver, the procedure is straightforward. Pick a straight braking zone during a controlled session. Brake firmly enough to make the car reveal itself, but leave margin to modulate immediately if a tire locks. Keep the steering as straight as the track allows. Ask three questions. Does the car pull the same way every time? Does the steering wheel require a correction before turn-in? Does the first lock or smoke evidence come from the same side? If the answer repeats, do not ignore it just because the car later seems acceptable in the corner.
This matters because a braking asymmetry can contaminate the corner entry. If you enter a right-hand corner already correcting a leftward pull, your hands and timing are different before you ever ask the car to rotate. The car may feel like it has a right-turn problem when the first cause happened in the straight braking zone. That is why phase tagging is not paperwork. It prevents false diagnosis.
Sub-skill 5: Use the track as a test tool, not as a rumor mill
The vehicle-dynamics material emphasizes objective testing as part of validating analysis. The suspension text is even more blunt in spirit: only a skid pad or test track can tell for sure when small steering-geometry effects matter. You do not need a full engineering program to apply that mindset. You need repeatable observations.
At your next event, do not wait until the final session to decide whether the car has a directional problem. Use the early session to gather clean, medium-risk evidence. Avoid comparing the first cold lap to the fifth lap. Avoid comparing a messy traffic lap to a clean lap. Avoid deciding from one corner that has a known bump. If you have access to a skid pad, wet pad, or low-consequence test area, that is even better because it removes some of the track-layout noise.
The test-track mindset also means you do not make every lap a new experiment. If you change tire pressure, shock setting, toe, ride height, or driving line all at once, you have destroyed the feedback loop. This lesson sits next to the one-variable lesson for a reason. Symmetry evidence becomes powerful when the only thing that changed was the condition you intended to test.
How to run a left-right symmetry audit
Start with a written run plan. It does not need to be fancy. You need a page with four rows: straight braking, entry, middle, exit. You need two direction columns: left and right. You need a place for repeat count. If you have data, leave a place for steering angle, brake pressure, speed, or notes from video. If you do not have data, use disciplined language.
In the first session after the alignment baseline, do not go hunting for lap time. Use the car as an instrument. Warm the car normally, then spend several laps observing. On each lap, pick one braking zone where you can keep the car straight and one left-right corner comparison. Do not try to audit every corner on the track at once. The driver who tries to notice everything usually writes down nothing useful.
For the braking zone, make the stop with the clutch and gear behavior you normally use for that track. The brake-bias material points out that bias should be tested while decelerating the car the same way it will be decelerated under racing conditions. If you normally threshold brake in gear with brief clutch dips for downshifts, a test that coasts with the clutch in is not the same test. Keep the method consistent so the result means something.
For the corner comparison, choose two corners that ask similar things from the car. They do not have to be perfect twins. You are looking for enough similarity that a repeated directional difference becomes suspicious. If the track does not have a useful pair, use repeated corners of the same direction in different parts of the lap and compare the feel against the opposite direction more cautiously. Write down the confidence level. High confidence means similar demand and repeated symptom. Low confidence means interesting but not actionable yet.
The most useful notes are short and phase-specific. Right entry: needs extra steering after release, three of four laps. Left mid: rear steps after set over bump, two of four laps. Straight braking: pulls left before turn-in, every hard stop. These notes are far better than vague comments like car feels weird or does not like rights. A mechanic can work with a phase and a repeat count. A coach can work with a phase and a repeat count. You can work with it next session.
What good symmetry feels like
Good symmetry is not numb. It is not a car that hides everything from you. Good symmetry feels like equal honesty. The wheel builds load in a familiar way whether the corner turns left or right. The car asks for similar patience at the front axle in comparable corners. If it understeers mildly, it does so with the same timing and the same cure. If it rotates on entry, it rotates with the same warning and the same catch window. You are not surprised by one direction.
Under braking, good symmetry feels like a car that stays in your lane without an argument. The front tires may approach lock before the rears if the bias is on the stable side, but the car should not repeatedly demand a steering correction because one side is sliding first. The rear should not dart around in a way that forces you to delay turn-in. If the car starts to lock, you modulate quickly and preserve the tires, then record what happened.
In the middle of the corner, good symmetry feels like a set that completes predictably. The car rolls, takes its load, and then gives you a stable platform. If the problem arrives only after that point in one direction, think about the later-load and compliance clues rather than blaming the first steering input. A car that is honest at turn-in but dishonest after the set is still giving you usable information.
On exit, good symmetry means the car accepts throttle with the same kind of bargain in both directions. If the front end needs a small wait before power in both directions, that is one balance conversation. If the front end needs that wait only when exiting right-handers, that is a symmetry conversation. If the rear needs a catch only when exiting left-handers, same idea. You are not looking for perfection; you are looking for a consistent contract.
Using simple data without worshiping it
If your car or video system records steering angle, brake pressure, speed, or lateral acceleration, symmetry work becomes easier. You are not trying to build a professional vehicle model. You are trying to confirm or challenge your senses. The vehicle-dynamics source supports the idea that objective testing can validate analysis. In driver terms, data helps you avoid arguing with your memory.
A useful steering trace comparison is not just peak steering angle. Look at when the extra steering arrives. If the right-hand corner needs an extra steering addition immediately after brake release and the comparable left does not, that supports an entry asymmetry note. If the steering angle is similar at entry but one direction needs a second correction after the car has rolled, that supports a midcorner or compliance note. If the steering trace unwinds smoothly in one direction but stalls in the other as throttle comes in, that supports an exit note.
For braking, look for stability before turn-in. If the wheel correction or yaw movement begins while the car is still straight, that is not the same as an entry-balance issue. If the brake trace shows the same pedal application but the car needs a steering correction only in one direction of the next corner, be careful. The braking zone may be setting up the corner asymmetrically. Record the sequence rather than naming the fault too early.
If you do not have data, your disciplined notebook is the data. The goal is repeatability. A note taken after the session is better than a story told two hours later in the paddock. A note with phase, direction, and repeat count is better than a lap-time complaint. A note that includes what you did with the controls is better still, because driver input is part of the test.
Worked example: Turn 1 in the school race cars
The Going Faster material gives a school-car example where the driver approaches Turn 1 near the top of third gear, around 98 m.p.h., and brakes. Treat that as the kind of corner where a symmetry audit can begin before the steering input. The speed is high enough that a braking pull or early lock matters. The entry is important enough that a small directional correction can become a cornering complaint if you do not separate the phases.
Imagine that your Spec Miata brakes for a similar Turn 1 and the steering wheel tugs left during the firm part of the stop. You then turn right and the car feels reluctant to point. The lazy diagnosis is that the car has right-corner understeer. The disciplined diagnosis is not ready yet. First, you write straight braking: pulls left under firm braking, repeated. Then you write right entry: delayed response after braking pull. Only after several clean repetitions do you decide whether the entry problem exists independently of the braking problem.
Now imagine the braking zone is straight and calm, but the car still needs an extra steering addition only on right entry. That is a different note. The braking test no longer explains it. You move your attention to steering centering, front alignment symmetry, and whether the comparable left corner demands less correction. You have not fixed the car yet, but you have stopped mixing two different problems together.
Worked example: the closed-wheel brake test
The brake-bias material contrasts what an open-wheel driver can see with what a closed-wheel driver must feel and corroborate. In a closed-wheel car, which is the relevant situation for a Spec Miata, you cannot simply look at the front tires while driving and watch the lockup develop. You rely on sensitivity, then back it up with evidence such as smoke from a wheel well or a crew observation.
Here is the practical test. In a safe straight braking zone, make two or three firm stops at a repeatable marker. If a tire locks, release enough pressure to stop the lock immediately. You are not trying to flat-spot a tire to prove a point. You are asking whether one side consistently reaches the limit first. If the car pulls away from the side that is sliding, if the same wheel well shows smoke, or if the rear moves around under braking, you have a braking-system or bias clue that must be separated from corner balance.
The worked lesson is this: a car that pulls during straight braking may feel directionally bad in the following corner because you enter that corner already correcting. Before you change alignment, prove whether the asymmetry exists when the braking phase is clean. If it disappears, the corner was not the root problem. If it remains, then you can keep investigating alignment, steering centering, or loaded-corner behavior.
Worked example: the late rear surprise
The suspension-compliance discussion describes a car that continues to roll after it appears to be stabilized, or encounters an asymmetrical bump, and then gains additional steer effect at the front or rear. If the rear steers in the upsetting direction, the driver can be surprised by oversteer after the car seemed settled.
On track, this is the classic note that gets miswritten as loose in lefts. The more useful version is left midcorner: rear steps after set, near bump, three laps. That note tells you the symptom is late, loaded, and possibly bump-related. It does not sound like a first-input problem. It does not sound like straight braking. It does not sound like simple exit power oversteer. The timing points the investigation toward what the car does after roll builds and after the suspension is loaded.
A driver who does not tag phase may chase this with entry driving changes. They may slow the hands, release the brake earlier, or turn in later. Those may make the lap calmer, but they do not answer the symmetry question. The car is telling you the left-side loaded state differs from the right-side loaded state. Treat that as evidence to verify on a skid pad, test section, or comparable corner, not as a reason to invent a setup fix in the paddock.
Common mistakes
The first common mistake is judging from one corner. One right-hander with a bump, camber change, or awkward brake release does not prove the car dislikes right turns. Good looks like repeat evidence from more than one lap, and preferably from more than one comparable situation.
The second mistake is comparing different phases. A straight-braking pull, a turn-in delay, a midcorner rear step, and an exit push are not the same symptom. Good looks like naming the phase before naming the fault.
The third mistake is using the steering wheel center as the whole diagnosis. A crooked wheel matters, but the deeper alignment point is rack or gearbox centering with equal travel both ways. Good looks like separating straightaway wheel position from left-right cornering behavior.
The fourth mistake is calling every pull an alignment problem. Under braking, a pull can be tied to one side losing traction, side-to-side lock timing, or rear bias behavior. Good looks like testing braking symmetry on its own before using the next corner as evidence.
The fifth mistake is treating a global balance issue as a symmetry issue. If the car pushes in both comparable lefts and rights with the same timing, that is not a left-right baseline problem. Good looks like recognizing the difference between overall understeer and one-direction understeer.
The sixth mistake is changing too much after the first observation. Toe, camber, tire condition, brake behavior, and driver technique can all change the feel. Good looks like recording the evidence, making one deliberate change when the module calls for it, and then re-running the same comparison.
The seventh mistake is ignoring the test environment. A skid pad or test track is valuable because it reduces uncertainty. Good looks like using the most repeatable available environment and admitting when the track comparison is low confidence.
Drill: the three-session symmetry audit
Run this drill at your next event after the car has been aligned and checked. The drill has three sessions. Each session has one job. Do not tune during the drill unless there is a safety problem. The success criterion is not a faster lap; it is a clear phase-direction-repeat note that another driver, coach, or mechanic could understand.
Session one is the braking audit. Pick one straight braking zone with enough runoff and consistency to test safely. On four laps, make a firm, repeatable brake application at the same marker using your normal in-gear braking and downshift method. If a tire locks, modulate immediately and record which side or what the car did. Success is a note that says either no repeated braking pull found, or identifies a repeated pull, side lock, smoke clue, or rear movement under braking.
Session two is the corner-pair audit. Pick one left-hand corner and one right-hand corner that are as similar as the track allows. For six laps, drive below your maximum attack level so your inputs stay repeatable. After each lap, mentally tag entry, middle, and exit. Success is a note with one of two outcomes: no repeatable left-right difference found in that pair, or a direction-specific symptom that repeats at least three times in the same phase.
Session three is the confirmation audit. Use either the same corner pair or a second comparison if the track offers one. Your job is to challenge the first note. If session two said right entry needs extra steering, ask whether it happens again when the braking phase is clean. If session two said left midcorner rear step, ask whether it appears at the same loaded point rather than at first input. Success is a confirmed note or a downgraded note. Downgrading weak evidence is not failure. It is how you avoid chasing noise.
When this principle breaks down
Left-right symmetry is a powerful feedback tool, but it is not universal proof. It breaks down when the track is too asymmetric for a fair comparison, when traffic forces different inputs, when a bump or surface change dominates the corner, or when the driver changes the test every lap. It also breaks down when the car has a known straight-braking problem that contaminates every following entry. In those cases, you narrow the test or move to a better environment.
The principle also breaks down if you ask it to identify the exact setup change by itself. Symmetry can tell you that the car is not behaving honestly in one direction. It can tell you the phase and the repeatability. It can point you toward rack centering, alignment interaction, braking side-to-side behavior, or loaded compliance. It cannot replace measurement. The engineering source describes alignment as a process of measuring and adjusting toe, camber, caster, and related geometry. The track test tells you whether that process produced a car that behaves honestly.
The final standard
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to do three things. First, you should be able to drive a controlled session and identify whether a left-right difference is happening under straight braking, entry, middle, or exit. Second, you should be able to separate overall balance from directional asymmetry. Third, you should be able to bring back evidence instead of vibes: the direction, the phase, the repeat count, and any supporting observation from smoke, steering behavior, data, or a test pad.
That is what makes the car honest. Not that it is perfect. Not that it is fastest yet. Honest means the left side and right side tell compatible stories when asked comparable questions. Once the car is honest, every later setup change has a fair starting point.
Worked example: Turn 1 in the school race cars
The Going Faster material gives a school-car situation where the driver approaches Turn 1 near the top of third gear, around 98 m.p.h., and brakes. Use that kind of corner to understand phase separation. If your Spec Miata pulls left under the firm part of the stop and then feels reluctant to turn right, do not immediately label the car as right-corner understeer. First record the braking pull. Then ask whether the right-entry delay remains when the braking phase is clean. If the entry symptom disappears, the corner was being poisoned by the braking asymmetry. If it remains, you have a cleaner alignment or steering-centering question.
Worked example: closed-wheel brake symmetry
In a closed-wheel car, you cannot easily watch the tire as you test the brakes, so the brake-bias material tells you to rely on sensitivity and supporting evidence such as smoke from the wheel wells. Make two or three firm straight stops at a repeatable marker. If the car pulls the same way, if one side smokes first, or if the rear darts around, write it as a braking-phase symptom before you discuss corner balance. The key lesson is that a braking problem can masquerade as a turn-in problem because you arrive at the corner already making a correction.
Worked example: the late rear surprise
The suspension-compliance material describes a case where the car appears stabilized, continues to roll or meets an asymmetrical bump, and then the rear creates an upsetting steer effect. On track, this should not be written as simply loose in lefts. Write it as left midcorner rear step after set, with the repeat count and location. That note preserves the important information: the symptom arrives after load builds. It is not the same as an entry response problem or a straight-braking pull.
Common mistakes
The common errors are judging from one corner, comparing different corner phases, treating steering-wheel center as the whole diagnosis, calling every braking pull an alignment problem, confusing global balance with side-to-side asymmetry, changing multiple setup items after one observation, and ignoring the test environment. Good work looks different in each case. You collect repeat evidence, tag the phase, distinguish rack centering from steering-wheel appearance, isolate braking before cornering, separate overall understeer from one-direction understeer, change one variable only after the evidence supports it, and use the most repeatable available test section.
Drill: the three-session symmetry audit
Run three sessions. In session one, use four laps to test straight braking at a repeatable marker and record pull, side lock, smoke evidence, or rear movement. In session two, use six laps to compare one left-hand and one right-hand corner of similar demand, tagging entry, middle, and exit. In session three, challenge the strongest note from session two by repeating the same comparison or using a second pair. The success criterion is a phase-direction-repeat note clear enough for a coach or mechanic to act on, not a faster lap.
When this principle breaks down
Symmetry feedback breaks down when the track comparison is unfair, when traffic changes your inputs, when a bump or camber feature dominates the corner, or when a straight-braking problem contaminates the following entry. It also breaks down if you expect the feeling alone to identify the exact wrench change. Use the track to locate and repeat the symptom, then go back to measurement for the fix.
Author Review
No quiz questions are attached to this lesson.
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