[LON-CAPA-admin] Non-standard units in 2.0.1

lucasm at ohiou.edu lucasm at ohiou.edu
Fri Sep 16 23:24:06 EDT 2005


Hi,

I want a problem to have units of rpm. I enter units of rpm and get the
following error message in construction space:


ERROR:Computer's answer is incorrect ("9.24 rpm"). It is likely that the 
tolerance range [8.778, 9.702] or significant figures [2, 5] need to be 
adjusted

If instead I use m/s^2 it's happy.

If I use ergs, it's not happy.

(1) is this a bug or a new feature? (I thought we used to be able to enter
untabulated units before)

(2) Does the error really flag an error or just a warning? Is the problem
functional with rpm as units?

Thanks!
Mark

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