SolutionForEquation1

Answer is Any Solution For an Equation

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This PG code shows how to check whether the student's answer is a solution to an equation.

• File location in OPL: FortLewis/Authoring/Templates/Algebra/SolutionForEquation1.pg
• PGML location in OPL: FortLewis/Authoring/Templates/Algebra/SolutionForEquation1_PGML.pg

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PG problem file	Explanation
Problem tagging data	Problem tagging:
DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "parserSolutionFor.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem());	Initialization: We must load parserSolutionFor.pl.
Context("Vector"); $r = random(3,6,1); $answer = SolutionFor("x^2+y^2+z^2=$r^2", [$r,0,0] );	Setup: We use SolutionFor(equation, point) to define this MathObject. For more details and options, see the POD documentation
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT A solution to the equation \( $answer->{f} \) is \( (x,y,z) = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("points") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings;	Main Text: To print the formula in the MathObject, we use ->f.
$showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; ANS( $answer->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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