FormulaDomain1

Answer is a Function with Domain Issues

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This PG code shows how to set the domain and test points for a formula.

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PG problem file	Explanation
Problem tagging data	Problem tagging:
DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", "answerHints.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem());	Initialization: We load AnswerFormatHelp.pl to provide help links to students. We load answerHints.pl to provide customized answer hints in the answer evaluation section.
Context("Numeric"); $a = random(2,5,1); $answer1 = Compute("sqrt(x-$a)"); $answer1->{limits} = [$a+1,$a+4]; $answer2 = Compute("ln(abs( x / (x-$a) ))"); $answer2->{test_points} = [[-5],[-4],[1],[$a-1],[7],[8]];	Setup: We restrict the domain of function evaluation using $answer1->{limits} = [$a+1,$a+4];, which will choose test points at random in the interval [$a+1,$a+4] The domain for $answer2 is all real numbers except for 0 and $a, and we would like to stay away from these vertical asymptotes because answer evaluators don't work well when the function values are very large or very small. Thus, we explicitly list those test points in the domain that will be used when the function is evaluated. It is possible to set the domain once for all of the functions within a particular context. For more details, please see formula test points in the index of problem techniques.
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT (a) Suppose the first answer is \( \displaystyle $answer1 \). $BR \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("formulas") \} $BR $BR (b) Suppose the second answer is \( \displaystyle $answer2 \) $BR \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("formulas") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings;	Main Text: Notice that in this multipart question we have grouped the text for each part together in a block, put each answer blank on a new line immediately below each block of text, and added extra space between each part. This should make the question easy to read both in HTML and PDF format.
$showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; ANS( $answer1->cmp() ); ANS( $answer2->cmp() ->withPostFilter(AnswerHints( [Compute("ln(x/(x-$a))"),Compute("ln(x)-ln(x-$a)")] => "Don't forget to use absolute value", )) );	Answer Evaluation: It is possible to get diagnostic information about the answer checker using cmp(diagnostics=>1). For the second answer, we have used AnswerHints to give students who enter particular answers customized feedback messages. For more details, please see answer hints in the index of problem techniques.
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();	Solution:

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