# InequalityEvaluators

This is the essential code for having inequalities as student answers.

PG problem file Explanation
DOCUMENT();

"PGstandard.pl",
"contextInequalities.pl",
"PGcourse.pl",
);

TEXT(beginproblem());


Initialization: Include the macro file contextInequalities.pl, which automatically loads MathObjects.pl.

Context("Inequalities-Only");
# Context()->flags->set(noneWord=>"EmptySet");
# Context()->flags->set(ignoreEndpointTypes=>1);

# f(x) = x^2 - 16 on -1 <= x <= 5
$f = Formula("x^2 - 16");$range = Compute("-16 <= y <= 9");

Context()->variables->remove("x");


Setup: Using Context("Inequalities-Only"), if the student enters the inequality -16 <= y <= 9 their answer will be marked correct, but the equivalent interval [-16,9] would be incorrect. If we had used Context("Inequalities") instead, both the inequality and the interval would be marked correct.

Uncommenting the lines containing EmptySet creates an empty set as a named constant and uses that name.

Uncommenting Context()->flags->set(ignoreEndpointTypes=>1); would also mark the student answers -16 < y < 9 or -16 <= y < 9 or -16 < y <= 9 correct.

As of January 2010, the inequality is not variable-specific. If we had not removed the default variable x from the context using Context()->variables->remove("x");, then the student answer -16 <= x <= 9 would also be marked correct. Note that we removed the variable x from the context after we defined the formula $f that uses this variable (otherwise there would be errors and PG file would not work). Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT What is the range of $$y = f(x) = f$$ on the domain $$-1 \leq x \leq 5$$?$BR
$BR Range: \{ ans_rule(20) \} Enter your answer using inequalities (not intervals). END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings;  Main Text: The problem text section of the file is as we'd expect. ANS($range->cmp() );

ENDDOCUMENT();