Symbolic Answers Part B 5 10 12 9 42 PM WebAssign Symbolic Answers Part B Homework Current Score 4 4 Ali Al Zaabi MA 242 section 001 Spring 2012 Instructor J Louis Capps Due Wednesday February 1 2012 11 02 PM EST The due date for this assignment is past Your work can be viewed below but no changes can be made 1 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers Enter the following expression using the Math Pad and or any keyboard shortcuts you like 2 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers Enter the following expression using the Math Pad and or any keyboard shortcuts you like 3 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers Enter the following expression using the Math Pad and or any keyboard shortcuts you like 4 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers http www webassign net web Student Assignment Responses view key dep 3769803 Page 1 of 5 Symbolic Answers Part B 5 10 12 9 42 PM Now we will try entering square roots There is obviously no square root key on your keyboard so the Pad comes in very handy here Enter the expression below by 1 clicking in the answer box so that the Pad appears 2 click the button on the Pad that looks like a square root with a box under it 3 type the 5 Try it now Alternately even though there is not a square root button on your keyboard there is a keyboard shortcut for square roots To use the keyboard shortcut 1 click the answer box so that the Pad appears 2 type sqrt that is type the letters sqrt followed immediately by the open parenthesis 3 type the 5 Try it now 5 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers If you need to enter a cube root or any radical other than a square root then the Pad must be used There is a special button for this Enter the expression below by 1 clicking in the answer box so that the Pad appears 2 clicking the Functions button on the Pad to open the Functions sub menu 3 clicking the button that looks like a square root but with an extra little box 4 type the 3 5 click the little box under the radical 6 type the 10x Try it now http www webassign net web Student Assignment Responses view key dep 3769803 Page 2 of 5 Symbolic Answers Part B 5 10 12 9 42 PM 6 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers Enter the following expression using the Math Pad and or any keyboard shortcuts you like Hint There are multiple ways to enter this answer but you might find the following steps easy to remember 1 click in the answer box to make the Pad appear 2 type the x 2 3 use your mouse to highlight the x 2 4 click the fraction button on the Pad 5 type the x 5 6 use your mouse to highlight everything you have typed so far 7 click the button on the pad that lets you add the little number which is called an exponent if you have forgotten from previous math classes 8 type the 4 7 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers Enter the following expression using the Math Pad and or any keyboard shortcuts you like http www webassign net web Student Assignment Responses view key dep 3769803 Page 3 of 5 Symbolic Answers Part B 5 10 12 9 42 PM 8 0 5 0 5 points Previous Answers This is important Symbolic questions using Math Pad generally require a higher degree of accuracy than numerical questions For this reason it is better to type the expression in an exact form rather than to use decimal approximations For example let s assume that you have worked a problem and you have found that the answer is You might be tempted to just change that 1 3 to a decimal such as 0 33 and give the answer 0 33x However because the answer is symbolic it is not going to grade that as a correct answer because 1 3 is exact and 0 33 is simply an approximation that it does not consider to be close enough to be graded as correct If however your final answer was then it would be perfectly acceptable to enter 0 5x This is because 1 2 and 0 5 are EXACTLY the same thing no rounding has been done That said if you MUST round a number for some reason always give that number to 6 or 7 decimal places if possible so that you can make the approximation close enough to be graded as correct Enter the expression below without rounding http www webassign net web Student Assignment Responses view key dep 3769803 Page 4 of 5 Symbolic Answers Part B http www webassign net web Student Assignment Responses view key dep 3769803 5 10 12 9 42 PM Page 5 of 5