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README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Recursion Problems
 
 ## Definitions
-Define the following: 
+Define the following:
 
-- Recursion
-- Recursive Case
-- Base Case
-- Activation Chain/Stack
-- Activation Record/Call
-- Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep
-- Tail Recursion
+- Recursion: method calling itself.
+- Recursive Case: a case that would cause the method to run itself
+- Base Case: the case that would cause the method to stop
+- Activation Chain/Stack: how the recursive method goes to the base case
+- Activation Record/Call: each time the recursive method happens
+- Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep: when base case is never reached
+- Tail Recursion: instance where the recursive call is the very last thing in the function
 
 ## Tracing through a recursive method
 
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ def mystery1(n)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery1(5)?
-- What is mystery1(10)?
-- What is mystery1(0)?
+- What is mystery1(5)? 15
+- What is mystery1(10)? 55
+- What is mystery1(0)? too deep error
 
 ### Trace #2
 ```
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ def mystery2(n)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery2(123)?
-- What is mystery2(9005)?
-- What is mystery2(-123)?
+- What is mystery2(123)? 6
+- What is mystery2(9005)? 14
+- What is mystery2(-123)? -123
 - _Added Fun: How could we make `mystery2(-123)` work the way we might expect it to work instead of the way it does?_
 
 ### Trace #3
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def mystery3(n)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery3(1)?
-- What is mystery3(13)?
-- What is mystery3(-6)?
+- What is mystery3(1)? 100
+- What is mystery3(13)? 100
+- What is mystery3(-6)? 200
 
 ### Trace #4
 ```
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ def mystery4(b,e)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery4(10,2)?
-- What is mystery4(4,3)?
-- What is mystery4(5,0)?
+- What is mystery4(10,2)100
+- What is mystery4(4,3)? 64
+- What is mystery4(5,0)?1
 
 ### Trace #5
 ```
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def mystery5(s)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery5("hi")?
-- What is mystery5("")?
-- What is mystery5("Hi, there!")?
+- What is mystery5("hi")? **
+- What is mystery5("")? ""
+- What is mystery5("Hi, there!")? **********
 - _Added Fun: How could we make only alphabetic characters to be changed to stars?_
 
 ### Trace #6
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def mystery6(s)
 end
 ```
 
-- What is mystery6("goodnight moon")?
-- What is mystery6("Ada Developers Academy")?
-- What is mystery6("Hi, there!")?
+- What is mystery6("goodnight moon")? "moon goodnight"
+- What is mystery6("Ada Developers Academy")? "academy developers ada"
+- What is mystery6("Hi, there!")? "there! hi"
 - _Added Fun: How could we make the reversal happen by letter, instead of by word (i.e. Make it so that mystery6("goodnight moon") returned "noom thgindoog")?_