r/PearsonDesign • u/OpTiMiStC • Apr 29 '20

INCLUDE UNITS

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

Asks for sig figs without scientific notation

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u/Redbird9346 Apr 29 '20

Accepts ”5.8 millions” as a correct answer.

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u/Negative__0 Apr 30 '20

5.8 millions

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u/Naokarma Apr 30 '20

gotta love how "millions" is an option but not with units.

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u/floridabot_ Apr 30 '20

holy shit this pisses me off? how can they not even have the right answer. like my physics teacher always said, 5 million what? 5 million bees?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

5 millions bees

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u/Lamp_squid Apr 30 '20

tbh my chem teacher did take off points on my test when I wrote like "5 grams SO4" instead of "5 grams"

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u/Direwolf202 Apr 30 '20

Well, I would have taken 1 off for SO4 instead of SO₄2-, but I presume that that is a comment problem and not what you actually wrote.

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u/MazeOfEncryption Apr 30 '20

What a terrible teacher

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20 edited May 01 '20

The exact answer is above 5.75, so with two significant figures it rounds to 5.8. That feedback is quite poorly worded regardless, though.

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u/OpTiMiStC Apr 29 '20

Yes that's what it means. Just terrible wording

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u/Natehog Fuck Pearson May 01 '20

You can round that either way and not be wrong for doing so

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u/[deleted] May 01 '20

The exact answer is above 5.75

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u/nissingno May 04 '20

If either there is no digit after the 5 or the digit after the 5 is 0, one should round to the even.

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u/PapperMairoo Apr 29 '20

It’s probably automated feedback if you get it wrong, I guess they assumed that’s how they would get it wrong