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 ## Exercise 9.40:
 >If the program in the previous exercise reads 256 words, what is its likely capacity after it is resized? What if it reads 512? 1,000? 1,048?
 
-|reads|capacity|
-|-----|--------|
-|256  |1024    |
-|512  |1024    |
-|1000 |1024    |
-|1048 |1572    |
+read: 256  size: 384  capacity: 1024
+read: 512  size: 768  capacity: 1024
+read: 1000  size: 1500  capacity: 1500
+read: 1048  size: 1572  capacity: 1572
 
 ## [Exercise 9.41](ex9_41.cpp)