Question

read the excerpt from hidden figures. building an airplane was nothing compared to shepherding research through langleys grueling review process. \present your case, build it, sell it so they believe it\—that was the langley way. the author of a naca document—a technical report was the most comprehensive and exacting, a technical memorandum slightly less formal—faced a firing squad of four or five people, chosen for their expertise in the topic. read marianas summary of the excerpt. the process of reviewing research at langley was intense; authors of both important and unimportant documents had to defend their work before a panel of experts. which summarizing mistake does mariana make? she includes unimportant details. she does not use her own words. she includes personal opinions. she misrepresents the authors ideas.

Explanation:

The original text differentiates between a "technical report" (most comprehensive and exacting) and a "technical memorandum" (slightly less formal). Mariana's summary wrongly implies that both "important and unimportant documents" are treated the same, which misrepresents the author's ideas about the different levels of formality and comprehensiveness for different types of NACA documents.

Answer:

She misrepresents the author’s ideas.