Why Does Munkres Use 3 Delta Instead of Delta in Exercise 22.12?

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[SOLVED] Munkres Exercise 22.12

Homework Statement


Please stop reading unless you have Munkres topology textbook.
Why does Munkres use 3 \delta instead of \delta in part b? I get that replacing the 3 \delta by \delta works fine.

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\delta does seem to work fine...
 
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