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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ There are **three tasks** defined in `run_main.py` which can be commented out to
 
 This assignment will have a written component and a programming component.
 Clone the mazeworld environment locally and run the code looking at the implementation of the sample algorithm.
-Your task is to implement four other algortihms on this domain.
+Your task is to implement four other algorithms on this domain.
 - **(15%)** Implement Value Iteration
 - **(15%)** Implement Policy Iteration
 - **(15%)** Implement SARSA