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  • If your instructor has allowed retries, you will be given 7 attempts
  • Most solution answers are at least six digits (unless significant figures are relevant to the question/otherwise denoted) 
  • For credit your answer must be within 1% of the correct answer, unless tolerance is otherwise denoted Most answers are at least to six digits (unless significant figures are relevant to the question/otherwise denoted) (so entering in four digits to the right of the decimal is usually sufficient)


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Do not use spaces, commas or units when entering in numbers

  • Start with at least
6
  • four significant digits for numeric entry; your response must be within 1% of the correct answer unless otherwise designated
  • Scientific notation
should be formatted using
  • may use the format of "e"
, not
  • or "
10" (ex: 46,859,710 should be entered in as 4.685971e7)
  • x10^"
  • Comma use is fine.
  • Do not use symbols in solutions (ie do not use $ in monetary solutions, but you can write 'dollars'-or the specified 'answer in units of ---- '  stated in the question, after your numeric answer).
  • If offered, use the function pallet. If you don't see the pallet

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  • , plan on entering an actual number calculated out or simple expression (ex: 3x-5).


For applicable practice, your professor may opt to include a short 3 part question (sig fig practice, #222082) for you to get use to what is and is not acceptable:

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Note that if you get a 'that response has already been entered' message, try to use another way to say the same thing (ie, if used 10^, try e). If you continue to get the 'that response has already been entered' accept that it is not correct and try again. This is a safeguard in place so you don't spend all your tries insisting on an answer that is incorrect.





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