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<h2>How To: Answering course questions</h2><p>This course contains a variety of questions for you to answer to help you learn the material and test your understanding. Your answers will be checked and you will be provided with instant feedback. The questions require you to enter answers in a variety of formats. This introduction is designed to help you get familiar with using the MITx system to submit answers to the various question types.</p>
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One type of problem you will see is short multiple choice questions usually on basic concepts to check your understanding. Simply click the button next to the right answer. Some questions will have more than one correct answer in the list. In these cases with multiple correct answers, you will be told explicitly to select all the correct options.</p>
<p>You can change your selection as many times as you want, only the one (or ones) marked when you click the Check button will be graded. For single answer questions, simply select a different option to change your answer. For multi-answer cases, you can click an option you already selected to "unselect" it.</p>
<p>In some instances, you will only be given a few attempts on multiple choice questions, so use them wisely! If present, this restriction will always be clearly noted next to the Check button. For the purpose of this exercise, we have given you an infinite number of attempts to experiment with this type of question. <br/></p>
<p><b class="bf">(a)</b> Which year is commonly referred to as the <i class="it">Annus Mirabilis</i> in Einstein's career? (Hint: Clicking on "Show Answer" will show you the answer. For real assignments, answers are locked until the due date, after which you will be able to show answers.) <div class="wrapper-problem-response" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Question 1" role="group"><div class="choicegroup capa_inputtype" id="inputtype_about_ps0_1_2_1">
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<p> Another format for multiple choice answers is a pull-down menu. Click and hold on the up/down arrows, scroll to the right answer and release the mouse button.</p>
<p><b class="bf">(b)</b> In what year was Einstein born?
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<p><b class="bfseries">(a)</b> Sometimes you will be asked questions which require an exact numerical answer. In this case, the "tolerance" (how much your answer can deviate from the correct one) is set to 0.
For example, in which year was the <i class="it">Magna Carta</i> originally issued? (Hints: Your answer will not be checked until you hit the "Check" button at the
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<p><b class="bfseries">(b)</b> Other times, you will be asked for the numerical solution of a problem. For example, a car is moving at a constant velocity of 50 miles per hour. What is the distance in meters covered by the car in 1 hour? The system only accepts a number (or numerical formula) for this type of questions, so do not include the unit(s)! (If you are required to give your answer in particular units, those will be listed beside the input box. In this case, the question explicitly mentions "meters" and so the required units are obvious.)<div class="wrapper-problem-response" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Question 2" role="group"><div id="inputtype_about_ps0_2_3_1" class=" capa_inputtype textline">
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<p>As mentioned above, you can enter either a number or a numerical formula. For example, try entering 50*5280*12*2.54/100 for this problem. More details about entering different types of formulas can be found in the next question in this sample PSet.</p>
<p>Note that for questions like this the system is programmed to accept an approximate answer to avoid rounding errors. For example, this specific question has a tolerance of 5%. Try varying your answer up and down (one easy way would be using the formula version and changing the 100 at the end to 103 or 106) to see how this works.</p>
<p><b class="bfseries">(c)</b> Very often, you will have to type in numbers in scientific notation. Example: What is the numerical value of Newton's constant G? The current accepted value is [mathjaxinline]6.67384(80)\times 10^{-11}[/mathjaxinline] m[mathjaxinline]^3[/mathjaxinline] kg[mathjaxinline]^{-1}[/mathjaxinline] s[mathjaxinline]^{-2}[/mathjaxinline]. (Note that the "(80)" indicates the current experimental uncertainty, i.e. [mathjaxinline]\pm[/mathjaxinline]0.00080)</p>
<p>One valid way to answer is with a number in scientific notation using the format: X.XXe+/-nn where X.XX is a decimal number (which can have as many digits both before and after the decimal point as you want), "e" can be upper or lower case, and "nn" is the exponent of the 10 which is always an integer. Note that the "+" is assumed if you just enter something like "e5" but "e+5" is also OK. For example, in this case you would enter 6.67e-11 to give the correct answer. Also note that while they are sometimes OK, you should always avoid having any blank spaces or other symbols when using this notation.</p>
<p>The answer can also be entered as a <i class="it">numerical</i> formula (i.e. a formula but with only numbers, no symbols) such as 6.67*10^(-11) or 2*3.33*10^(-5)*10^(-6). More details about entering different types of formulas can be found in the next question in this sample PSet.</p>
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</div></div> Notice that the interpreter will tell you if it does not recognize the symbols you entered. To see this, please try answering 6.67*10^{-11} where the error message you get indicates that the system does not accept curly brackets. This question also has a tolerance of 5% so try varying your answer up and down to see what happens.</p>
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<p>This is probably the most common error that students make and the typical system response "Invalid input: GMm r not permitted in answer." is not particularly intuitive.</p>
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<p><b class="bfseries">(b)</b> Some equations will contain indices. Use underscore "_". Example: enter the expression [mathjaxinline]x_0 +\frac{1}{2}a(t_1-t_0)^2[/mathjaxinline] below: One example of a valid answer is x_0+1/2*a*(t_1-t_0)^2, x_0+0.5*a*(t_1-t_0)^2. <div class="wrapper-problem-response" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Question 2" role="group"><div id="inputtype_about_ps0_3_3_1" class="text-input-dynamath capa_inputtype textline">
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<p><b class="bf">NATURAL CONSTANTS</b> In the various problem sets, you might need to use <i class="it">natural constants</i>, which are represented by the following symbols (only a small selection is shown): [mathjaxinline]\epsilon _0[/mathjaxinline], [mathjaxinline]\mu _0[/mathjaxinline], the speed of light in vacuum [mathjaxinline]c[/mathjaxinline], [mathjaxinline]\pi[/mathjaxinline], and the gravitational constant [mathjaxinline]G[/mathjaxinline]. Try the following string: [mathjaxinline]\epsilon _0\, \mu _0\, c\, \pi \, G[/mathjaxinline] which can be entered by typing epsilon_0*mu_0*c*pi*G. <div class="wrapper-problem-response" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Question 6" role="group"><div id="inputtype_about_ps0_3_7_1" class="text-input-dynamath capa_inputtype textline">
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<p>Note that for formula questions, the system does not require you to enter the formula exactly the same way as the answer which the instructors have entered in the coding for the problem. If the expression you enter is formatted correctly and is mathematically equivalent to the expected expression, then the answer will be marked as correct.</p>
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