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Why does the examiner report have answers to decimal places?
« on: October 27, 2012, 10:46:12 am »
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I've noticed that sometimes they give their answers to decimal places when the question doesn't mention anything about it.
e.g VCAA 2009 Exam 2, SA Q1 b) and 3 a)

Would it be fine to leave it as exact or decimal approximation in cases where they don't mention anything about how to express the answer?

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Re: Why does the examiner report have answers to decimal places?
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2012, 11:38:16 am »
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I'm fairly sure they prefer exact where they don't specify
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Re: Why does the examiner report have answers to decimal places?
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2012, 01:38:42 pm »
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I believe the instructions on exams say answers must be exact unless otherwise specified :)
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Re: Why does the examiner report have answers to decimal places?
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2012, 04:47:37 pm »
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yeah I dont like decimal places..irrational number in the denominater and complex numbers in a square root :D :D 
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