http://bugs.webwork.maa.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4423
Summary: The 'Note' at the end of this question could be
clearer
Product: Problem Libraries
Version: unspecified
Platform: PC
URL: /opt/webwork/courses/Math-1410AB-Spring-2020/templates
/Library/Mizzou/Finite_Math/Gauss-Jordan_Elimination/3
by3a.pg_with_problemSeed=3071
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P5
Component: Library (OPL)
AssignedTo: gjennings at csudh.edu
ReportedBy: sean.fitzpatrick at uleth.ca
Web browser Firefox
version:
Browser version 60.6
number:
At the end of the problem is the following:
Note: If there are no solutions, write "No Solution" or "None" for each answer.
This creates a lot of confusion for students, because one of the questions asks
the following:
How many solutions does the system have? If infinitely many, enter "Infinity".
When there are no solutions, the answer expected for this question is 0.
But most students read the note and assume they should enter 'None'.
Instead, 'None' is the answer they should enter for the variables, not for the
number of solutions.
I propose two edits:
1. Rewrite part (e) as:
How many solutions does the system have? If infinitely many, enter "Infinity".
If none, enter 0.
2. Rewrite the note to replace "for each answer" with "for each variable".
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