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Re: cosmetics might matter: solutions & MathObjects

by Dick Lane -
Number of replies: 0
Many thanks, Alex, for pointing out something which I had overlooked --- our ability in MathObjects to control which individual reduction rules are applied or disabled.  On the other hand, it is not clear how this might simplify writing of a solution (template) which refers to various parts of an answer expression.

FWIW, the example posted with my query was generalized from a problem with a known relation between $a$ and \$b (which was exploited during a subsequent solution).  My immediate question involves ways to adapt that as the problem task is generalized.

an aside:  my time-to-create a problem+solution seems to average between 1:2 and 1:3 for (problem plus structured answer) : (solution which copes with parameter choices).  For those occasions where I am slow in composing an algorithmic presentation of a solution, I am glad for the fall-back of displaying a structured expression as an answer.  (Quoted stuff in old style, use Formula or Compute now.)