chore: sync exercise instructions

exercises/practice/acronym/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Punctuation is handled as follows: hyphens are word separators (like whitespace)
 
 For example:
 
-|Input|Output|
-|-|-|
-|As Soon As Possible|ASAP|
-|Liquid-crystal display|LCD|
-|Thank George It's Friday!|TGIF|
+| Input                     | Output |
+| ------------------------- | ------ |
+| As Soon As Possible       | ASAP   |
+| Liquid-crystal display    | LCD    |
+| Thank George It's Friday! | TGIF   |

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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.
 
-[//]: # ( monoalphabetic as spelled by Merriam-Webster, compare to polyalphabetic )
+[//]: # " monoalphabetic as spelled by Merriam-Webster, compare to polyalphabetic "
 
 ## Encryption
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Where:
   For the Roman alphabet `m` is `26`.
 - `a` and `b` are integers which make the encryption key
 
-Values `a` and `m` must be *coprime* (or, *relatively prime*) for automatic decryption to succeed, i.e., they have number `1` as their only common factor (more information can be found in the [Wikipedia article about coprime integers][coprime-integers]).
+Values `a` and `m` must be _coprime_ (or, _relatively prime_) for automatic decryption to succeed, i.e., they have number `1` as their only common factor (more information can be found in the [Wikipedia article about coprime integers][coprime-integers]).
 In case `a` is not coprime to `m`, your program should indicate that this is an error.
 Otherwise it should encrypt or decrypt with the provided key.
 

exercises/practice/all-your-base/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ Given a number in base **a**, represented as a sequence of digits, convert it to
 
 In positional notation, a number in base **b** can be understood as a linear combination of powers of **b**.
 
-The number 42, *in base 10*, means:
+The number 42, _in base 10_, means:
 
 `(4 * 10^1) + (2 * 10^0)`
 
-The number 101010, *in base 2*, means:
+The number 101010, _in base 2_, means:
 
 `(1 * 2^5) + (0 * 2^4) + (1 * 2^3) + (0 * 2^2) + (1 * 2^1) + (0 * 2^0)`
 
-The number 1120, *in base 3*, means:
+The number 1120, _in base 3_, means:
 
 `(1 * 3^3) + (1 * 3^2) + (2 * 3^1) + (0 * 3^0)`
 
 I think you got the idea!
 
-*Yes. Those three numbers above are exactly the same. Congratulations!*
+_Yes. Those three numbers above are exactly the same. Congratulations!_
 
 [positional-notation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation

exercises/practice/armstrong-numbers/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ An [Armstrong number][armstrong-number] is a number that is the sum of its own d
 For example:
 
 - 9 is an Armstrong number, because `9 = 9^1 = 9`
-- 10 is *not* an Armstrong number, because `10 != 1^2 + 0^2 = 1`
+- 10 is _not_ an Armstrong number, because `10 != 1^2 + 0^2 = 1`
 - 153 is an Armstrong number, because: `153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3 = 1 + 125 + 27 = 153`
-- 154 is *not* an Armstrong number, because: `154 != 1^3 + 5^3 + 4^3 = 1 + 125 + 64 = 190`
+- 154 is _not_ an Armstrong number, because: `154 != 1^3 + 5^3 + 4^3 = 1 + 125 + 64 = 190`
 
 Write some code to determine whether a number is an Armstrong number.
 

exercises/practice/binary-search/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Binary search only works when a list has been sorted.
 
 The algorithm looks like this:
 
-- Find the middle element of a *sorted* list and compare it with the item we're looking for.
+- Find the middle element of a _sorted_ list and compare it with the item we're looking for.
 - If the middle element is our item, then we're done!
 - If the middle element is greater than our item, we can eliminate that element and all the elements **after** it.
 - If the middle element is less than our item, we can eliminate that element and all the elements **before** it.

exercises/practice/darts/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Write a function that returns the earned points in a single toss of a Darts game
 
 In our particular instance of the game, the target rewards 4 different amounts of points, depending on where the dart lands:
 
+![Our dart scoreboard with values from a complete miss to a bullseye](https://assets.exercism.org/images/exercises/darts/darts-scoreboard.svg)
+
 - If the dart lands outside the target, player earns no points (0 points).
 - If the dart lands in the outer circle of the target, player earns 1 point.
 - If the dart lands in the middle circle of the target, player earns 5 points.
@@ -16,8 +18,14 @@ Of course, they are all centered at the same point — that is, the circles are
 
 Write a function that given a point in the target (defined by its [Cartesian coordinates][cartesian-coordinates] `x` and `y`, where `x` and `y` are [real][real-numbers]), returns the correct amount earned by a dart landing at that point.
 
+## Credit
+
+The scoreboard image was created by [habere-et-dispertire][habere-et-dispertire] using [Inkscape][inkscape].
+
 [darts]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts
 [darts-target]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts#/media/File:Darts_in_a_dartboard.jpg
 [concentric]: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConcentricCircles.html
 [cartesian-coordinates]: https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/cartesian-coordinates.html
 [real-numbers]: https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/real-numbers.html
+[habere-et-dispertire]: https://exercism.org/profiles/habere-et-dispertire
+[inkscape]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape

exercises/practice/isogram/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Examples of isograms:
 - downstream
 - six-year-old
 
-The word *isograms*, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.
+The word _isograms_, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.

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

@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ Given a knapsack with a specific carrying capacity (W), help Bob determine the m
 Note that Bob can take only one of each item.
 
 All values given will be strictly positive.
-Items will be represented as a list of pairs, `wi` and `vi`, where the first element `wi` is the weight of the *i*th item and `vi` is the value for that item.
+Items will be represented as a list of items.
+Each item will have a weight and value.
 
 For example:
 
+```none
 Items: [
   { "weight": 5, "value": 10 },
   { "weight": 4, "value": 40 },
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ Items: [
 ]
 
 Knapsack Limit: 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.
 

exercises/practice/list-ops/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Implement a series of basic list operations, without using existing functions.
 
 The precise number and names of the operations to be implemented will be track dependent to avoid conflicts with existing names, but the general operations you will implement include:
 
-- `append` (*given two lists, add all items in the second list to the end of the first list*);
-- `concatenate` (*given a series of lists, combine all items in all lists into one flattened list*);
-- `filter` (*given a predicate and a list, return the list of all items for which `predicate(item)` is True*);
-- `length` (*given a list, return the total number of items within it*);
-- `map` (*given a function and a list, return the list of the results of applying `function(item)` on all items*);
-- `foldl` (*given a function, a list, and initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the left*);
-- `foldr` (*given a function, a list, and an initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the right*);
-- `reverse` (*given a list, return a list with all the original items, but in reversed order*).
+- `append` (_given two lists, add all items in the second list to the end of the first list_);
+- `concatenate` (_given a series of lists, combine all items in all lists into one flattened list_);
+- `filter` (_given a predicate and a list, return the list of all items for which `predicate(item)` is True_);
+- `length` (_given a list, return the total number of items within it_);
+- `map` (_given a function and a list, return the list of the results of applying `function(item)` on all items_);
+- `foldl` (_given a function, a list, and initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the left_);
+- `foldr` (_given a function, a list, and an initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the right_);
+- `reverse` (_given a list, return a list with all the original items, but in reversed order_).
 
 Note, the ordering in which arguments are passed to the fold functions (`foldl`, `foldr`) is significant.

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

@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ Note the stop codon `"UAA"` terminates the translation and the final methionine
 
 Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.
 
-Codon                 | Protein
-:---                  | :---
-AUG                   | Methionine
-UUU, UUC              | Phenylalanine
-UUA, UUG              | Leucine
-UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG    | Serine
-UAU, UAC              | Tyrosine
-UGU, UGC              | Cysteine
-UGG                   | Tryptophan
-UAA, UAG, UGA         | STOP
+| Codon              | Protein       |
+| :----------------- | :------------ |
+| AUG                | Methionine    |
+| UUU, UUC           | Phenylalanine |
+| UUA, UUG           | Leucine       |
+| UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG | Serine        |
+| UAU, UAC           | Tyrosine      |
+| UGU, UGC           | Cysteine      |
+| UGG                | Tryptophan    |
+| UAA, UAG, UGA      | STOP          |
 
 Learn more about [protein translation on Wikipedia][protein-translation].
 

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

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Ciphertext is written out in the same formatting as the input including spaces a
 
 ## Examples
 
-- ROT5  `omg` gives `trl`
-- ROT0  `c` gives `c`
+- ROT5 `omg` gives `trl`
+- ROT0 `c` gives `c`
 - ROT26 `Cool` gives `Cool`
 - ROT13 `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.` gives `Gur dhvpx oebja sbk whzcf bire gur ynml qbt.`
 - ROT13 `Gur dhvpx oebja sbk whzcf bire gur ynml qbt.` gives `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.`