[LON-CAPA-users] square roots in formula response
Justin Gray
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:52:49 -0800
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Many thanks, Peter. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Justin
On 9/3/07, Peter Riegler <p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> does "elegant" include two seperate input fields, for demoninator and
> numerator? Or did you come up with two input fields because otherwise
> the lhs (i.e. non-rationalized) would be accepted if using sampling?
> If so, I would suggest something like
> <formularesponse answer=3D"(m - 4)*(sqrt(m) + 4)/(m-16)">
>
> (I would prefer the students enter sqrt(m) rather than sqrtm).
>
> What the above does is to ask maxima
> is( STUDENTSRESPONSE =3D (m - 4)*(sqrt(m) + 4)/(m-16));
>
> The important point here is that a student's reponse
> (m-4)/(sqrt(m)-4)
> would return false. The reason is, maxima does not simplify before
> comparison.
>
> Hope this will help.
>
> Peter
>
> Justin Gray wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know a more elegant way to write the problem below?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin
> >
> > <problem>
> > <startouttext />Rationalize the denominator and
> simplify:<p></p><br></br>
> > Use sqrtm for <m display =3D jsmath>$\sqrt{m}</m>.<p></p>
> > <table>
> >
> > <tr>
> > <td><m display=3D"jsMath">\, \, \, \, $m - 4$</m></td> <td></td>
> > <td><endouttext />
> > <formularesponse samples=3D"m,sqrtm@-3,-3:3,3#5" answer=3D"(m - 4)(sqrt=
m +
> > 4)" id=3D"11">
> >
> > <textline readonly=3D"no" size=3D"20" />
> >
> > </formularesponse><startouttext /></td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr>
> > <td><hr width=3D"60"></hr></td> <td><m display=3D"jsMath">$\mbox{ }=
=3D
> > \mbox{ }$</m></td> <td><hr width=3D"140"></hr></td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr>
> > <td><m display=3D"jsMath">$\sqrt{m} - 4$</m></td> <td></td>
> > <td><endouttext />
> > <formularesponse samples=3D"m@-3:3#5" answer=3D"m - 16" id=3D"12">
> >
> > <textline readonly=3D"no" size=3D"20" />
> >
> > </formularesponse><startouttext /></td>
> > </tr>
> > </table><p></p><endouttext />
> > </problem>
> >
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Justin Gray Tel.
> > 778-782-4237
> > Dept. of Mathematics Fax. 778-782-494=
7
> > Simon Fraser University
> > 8888 University Drive
> > Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
> > Canada
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> --
> Peter Riegler
> Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenb=FCttel
> Salzdahlumer Str. 46/48, 38302 Wolfenb=FCttel
> Tel. +49 5331 939 6314, Fax. +49 5331 939 6002
> email: p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de
> http://public.rz.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/~riegler
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Justin Gray Tel.
778-782-4237
Dept. of Mathematics Fax. 778-782-4947
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
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Many thanks, Peter. This is exactly what I was looking for.<br><br>Justin<b=
r><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/3/07, <b class=3D"gmail_sendern=
ame">Peter Riegler</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de"=
>p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-lef=
t: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1=
ex;">Hi Justin,<br><br>does "elegant" include two seperate input =
fields, for demoninator and
<br>numerator? Or did you come up with two input fields because otherwise<b=
r>the lhs (i.e. non-rationalized) would be accepted if using sampling?<br>I=
f so, I would suggest something like<br><formularesponse answer=3D"=
(m - 4)*(sqrt(m) + 4)/(m-16)">
<br><br>(I would prefer the students enter sqrt(m) rather than sqrtm).<br><=
br>What the above does is to ask maxima<br>is( STUDENTSRESPONSE =3D (m - 4)=
*(sqrt(m) + 4)/(m-16));<br><br>The important point here is that a student&#=
39;s reponse
<br>(m-4)/(sqrt(m)-4)<br>would return false. The reason is, maxima does not=
simplify before<br>comparison.<br><br>Hope this will help.<br><br>Peter<br=
><br>Justin Gray wrote:<br><br>> Does anyone know a more elegant way to =
write the problem below?
<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Justin<br>><br>> <problem><br>=
> <startouttext />Rationalize the denominator and simplify:<p&g=
t;</p><br></br><br>> Use sqrtm for <m display =3D j=
smath>$\sqrt{m}</m>.<p></p>
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; answer=3D"(m - 4)(sqrtm +
<br>> 4)" id=3D"11"><br>><br>> =
<textline readonly=3D"no" size=3D"20" /><b=
r>><br>> </formularesponse><startouttext /></td><br=
>> </tr><br>> <tr>
<br>> <td><hr width=3D"60">=
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d> <td></td><br>> <td><endouttext /><br>> =
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ot; id=3D"12">
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t;startouttext /></td><br>> </tr><br>> </table>&=
lt;p></p><endouttext />
<br>> </problem><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
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Fax. 778-782-4947
<br>> Simon Fraser University<br>> 8888 University Drive<br>> Burn=
aby, B.C. V5A 1S6<br>> Canada<br>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>--<br>Peter Riegler<br>Fachhochschule Bra=
unschweig/Wolfenb=FCttel
<br>Salzdahlumer Str. 46/48, 38302 Wolfenb=FCttel<br>Tel. +49 5331 939 6314=
, Fax. +49 5331 939 6002<br>email: <a href=3D"mailto:p.riegler@fh-wolfenbue=
ttel.de">p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de</a><br><a href=3D"http://public.rz.f=
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