AnswerUpToMultiplication1

Answer is a Function up to Multiplication by a Nonzero Constant

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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"); $aSolution = Compute("(x-2)(x+1)");	Setup:
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT Find a quadratic equation in terms of the variable \( x \) with roots \( -1 \) and \( 2 \). $BR $BR \( y = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("formulas") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings;	Main Text:
$showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; ANS( $aSolution->cmp(checker => sub { my ( $correct, $student, $self ) = @_; my $context = Context()->copy; return 0 if $student == 0; $context->flags->set(no_parameters=>0); $context->variables->add('C0'=>'Parameter'); my $c0 = Formula($context,'C0'); $student = Formula($context,$student); $correct = Formula($context,"$c0 * $aSolution"); return $correct == $student; } ) );	Answer Evaluation: We use a local context with an adaptive parameter to check the answer. For more on adaptive parameters, see AdaptiveParameters When $aSolution is "complicated", you may need to replace $c0 * $aSolution in the custom answer checker by its value $c0 * (x-2)(x+1) in order to get things to work correctly.
Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();	Solution:

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