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## Answer Blanks in the Exponent

This PG code shows how to check student answers that are equations. Note that this is an insertion, not a complete PG file. This code will have to be incorporated into the problem file on which you are working.

PG problem file Explanation
DOCUMENT();
"PGstandard.pl",
"MathObjects.pl",
"PGcourse.pl",
"unionTables.pl",
);
TEXT(beginproblem());

Initialization: We need to include the macros file unionTables.pl (or PGunion.pl which also loads it).

Context("Numeric")->variables->are(a=>"Real",b=>"Real");

\$n = random(3,9,1);

#  TeX
\$expression = "a^{\$n} b^{\$n}";

#  MathObjects
\$base = Formula("a*b");
\$exponent = Formula("\$n");

#
#  Display exponents nicely
#
\$w1 = 10; # width of 1st answer blank
\$w2 = 10; # width of 2nd answer blank
Context()->texStrings;
if (\$displayMode eq 'TeX') {
\$showpower =
"\( \displaystyle \$expression = (" . ans_rule(\$w1) . ")^{" . ans_rule(\$w2) . "}\)";
} else {
\$showpower =
ColumnTable(
"\( \displaystyle \$expression = \Big( \) " . ans_rule(\$w1) . " \( \Big) \)",
ans_rule(\$w2).\$BR.\$BR,
indent => 0, separation => 0, valign => "BOTTOM"
);
}
Context()->normalStrings;

Setup: We have a little bit of code to display the answer blanks nicely in different modes.

Context()->texStrings;
BEGIN_TEXT
Rewrite the following using a single exponent.
\$BR
\$BR
\$showpower
END_TEXT
Context()->normalStrings;

Main Text: The problem text section of the file is as we'd expect. We insert the nicely formatted answer blanks using \$showpower.