FormulaAnswer1

Answer is a Number or a Formula - Try it out

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This PG code shows how to write a question whose answer is a number or a formula.

• File location in OPL: FortLewis/Authoring/Templates/Misc/FormulaAnswer1.pg
• PGML location in OPL: FortLewis/Authoring/Templates/Misc/FormulaAnswer1_PGML.pg

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PG problem file	Explanation
Problem tagging data	Problem tagging:
DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem());	Initialization:
Context("Numeric"); $a = non_zero_random(-9,9,1); do { $b = random(2,9,1); } until ( $b != $a ); $answer1 = Compute("$a"); $answer2 = Compute("$a x^($b) + $b")->reduce();	Setup: We use do { $b = random(2,9,1); } until ( $b != $a ); to generate distinct random numbers.
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT Enter \( $answer1 \): \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("numbers") \} $BR $BR Enter \( $answer2 \): \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("formulas") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings;	Main Text:
$showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; ANS( $answer1->cmp() ); ANS( $answer2->cmp() );	Answer Evaluation:
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();	Solution:

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