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I used to tutor physics in college. My students would show a problem they worked and ask for feedback, and I’d tell them that they definitely went wrong somewhe
by wat10000 2y ago
I used to tutor physics in college. My students would show a problem they worked and ask for feedback, and I’d tell them that they definitely went wrong somewhere since they calculated that the rollercoaster was 23,000 miles tall.
Which is to say, it will depend a lot on the context and the understanding of the person doing the calculation.
- WalterBright 2y agoIt is institute policy at Caltech (at least when I attended) that obviously wrong answers would get you zero credit, even if the result came from a minor error. However, if you concluded after solving the problem that the answer was absurd, but you didn't know where the calculation went wrong, you'd get partial credit.