Example Problem Types - Using The EdX Platform - 18.01
Example Problem Types - Using The EdX Platform - 18.01
Example Problem Types - Using The EdX Platform - 18.01
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Course Getting started Using the edX platform 2. Example Problem Types
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the main problem types we use in this course.
Depending on the type of the problem you may have access to the "show answer" button. In the lecture exercises as
well as the part A and part B Homework assignments, this option to show the answer will appear only after the due
date has passed, you have run out of problem attempts, or you have already submitted the correct answer. You will
never get detailed solutions to the nal exam.
This problem has unlimited attempts. If you get an answer wrong, you can simply try again until you get it right. How
many weeks will this course be?
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Resetting a Problem
1.0 point possible (ungraded)
Some problems involve randomized parameters, or other elements that you may wish to reset to the original
conguration. Here is an example where the variables and are randomized. After one attempt, you can click
reset to see the values change!
Let and .
Submit
(Enter a number.)
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Type sqrt(x), sin(x), cos(x), ln(x), arccos(x), etc. for the known functions , , , , etc.
Note that parentheses are required.
Each formula entry box will have a Formula Input Help button below the answer button, where you can nd these
facts about how to enter formulas. (See the button below.)
Example
To see how the answer box works, enter the function using the rules above. (Type 2 e (x-1)+sqrt(y)
into the answer box.)
Below the answer box, there is a display box that shows how the system interpreted your formula. (You will get an
error if you try to enter variables, like , that are unspecied in the problem. You will get an error as you are typing if
you have only one half (" of a parenthesis. Just continue typing, and when you enter the closing parenthesis )", the
error will go away.)
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Use the arrows on the horizontal bar to see more options to drag into the formula.
(You can see the answer after you make at least one attempt by clicking on the show answer button below.)
Try drawing a smiley face. The mouth should lie below the -axis, and the place an eye at the points and
.
(To clear the sketching area, hit the reset button in the lower right corner.)
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