I would in general agree with Ken's response, unless . . .
Unless this was essentially either a worked out problem in class or
example in the text that used the same style wording.
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Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Forum for Physics Educators
| [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of SSHS KPHOX
| Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:48 PM
| To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
| Subject: Re: Ambiguous Question
|
| Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu> on
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 3:36 PM -0700 wrote:
| >I would be inclined to give this student full credit (as well as all
| >the others who answered 17 m even if they didn't give the CM
| information).
| >
| >Comments?
|
| What is obvious to the instructor is not obvious to the
| "under pressure rookie student". The professor needs to read
| the legendary story about measuring the height of a building
| using a baraometer.
|
| The Prof goofed and needs to accept all reasonable answers to
| the question as written, not as intended.
|
| Been there, done that!
|
| Ken Fox
|
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