// Numbas version: exam_results_page_options {"name": "Vector addition by summing scalar components", "extensions": ["geogebra", "weh", "quantities"], "custom_part_types": [{"source": {"pk": 24, "author": {"name": "William Haynes", "pk": 2530}, "edit_page": "/part_type/24/edit"}, "name": "Angle quantity", "short_name": "angle-quantity-from-reference", "description": "

Angle as a quantity in degrees.

", "help_url": "", "input_widget": "string", "input_options": {"correctAnswer": "plain_string(settings['correct_quantity'])", "hint": {"static": true, "value": ""}, "allowEmpty": {"static": true, "value": false}}, "can_be_gap": true, "can_be_step": true, "marking_script": "mark:\nswitch( \nright and good_units and right_sign and angle_in_range, add_credit(1.0,'Correct.'),\nright and good_units and not right_sign, add_credit(settings['C2'],'Wrong sign.'),\nright and right_sign and not good_units, add_credit(settings['C2'],'Correct value, but missing degree symbol.'),\nright and good_units and right_sign and not angle_in_range,add_credit(settings['C1'],'Angle is out of range.'),\nclose and good_units, add_credit(settings['C1'],'Close.'),\nclose and not good_units, add_credit(settings['C3'],'Answer is close, but missing degree symbol.'),\nincorrect('Wrong answer.')\n)\n\ninterpreted_answer:\nqty(student_scalar, student_units)\n\ncorrect_scalar:\nscalar(correct_quantity)\n \n\ncorrect_quantity:\nsettings['correct_quantity']\n\ncorrect_units:\nunits(correct_quantity)\n\nallowed_notation_styles:\n[\"plain\",\"en\"]\n\nmatch_student_number:\nmatchnumber(studentAnswer,allowed_notation_styles)\n\nstudent_scalar:\nmatch_student_number[1]\n\nstudent_units:\njoin(\nsplit(studentAnswer[len(match_student_number[0])..len(studentAnswer)]\n,\"\u00b0\"),\" deg\")\n\n\n\ngood_units:\ntry(\ncompatible(quantity(1, student_units),correct_quantity),\nmsg,\nfeedback(msg);false)\n\nstudent_quantity:\nswitch(not good_units, \nstudent_scalar * correct_units, \nnot right_sign,\n-quantity(student_scalar, student_units),\nquantity(student_scalar,student_units)\n)\n\nright_sign:\nsign(student_scalar) = sign(correct_quantity)\n\nangle_in_range:\nif(settings['restrict_angle'], abs(student_scalar) <= 90, true)\n\nright:\nwithinTolerance(abs(student_scalar), abs(correct_scalar), settings['right'])\n\nclose:\nwithinTolerance(student_scalar, correct_scalar, settings['close'])", "marking_notes": [{"name": "mark", "description": "This is the main marking note. It should award credit and provide feedback based on the student's answer.", "definition": "switch( \nright and good_units and right_sign and angle_in_range, add_credit(1.0,'Correct.'),\nright and good_units and not right_sign, add_credit(settings['C2'],'Wrong sign.'),\nright and right_sign and not good_units, add_credit(settings['C2'],'Correct value, but missing degree symbol.'),\nright and good_units and right_sign and not angle_in_range,add_credit(settings['C1'],'Angle is out of range.'),\nclose and good_units, add_credit(settings['C1'],'Close.'),\nclose and not good_units, add_credit(settings['C3'],'Answer is close, but missing degree symbol.'),\nincorrect('Wrong answer.')\n)"}, {"name": "interpreted_answer", "description": "A value representing the student's answer to this part.", "definition": "qty(student_scalar, student_units)"}, {"name": "correct_scalar", "description": "", "definition": "scalar(correct_quantity)\n "}, {"name": "correct_quantity", "description": "", "definition": "settings['correct_quantity']"}, {"name": "correct_units", "description": "", "definition": "units(correct_quantity)"}, {"name": "allowed_notation_styles", "description": "", "definition": "[\"plain\",\"en\"]"}, {"name": "match_student_number", "description": "", "definition": "matchnumber(studentAnswer,allowed_notation_styles)"}, {"name": "student_scalar", "description": "", "definition": "match_student_number[1]"}, {"name": "student_units", "description": "", "definition": "join(\nsplit(studentAnswer[len(match_student_number[0])..len(studentAnswer)]\n,\"\u00b0\"),\" deg\")\n\n"}, {"name": "good_units", "description": "", "definition": "try(\ncompatible(quantity(1, student_units),correct_quantity),\nmsg,\nfeedback(msg);false)"}, {"name": "student_quantity", "description": "", "definition": "switch(not good_units, \nstudent_scalar * correct_units, \nnot right_sign,\n-quantity(student_scalar, student_units),\nquantity(student_scalar,student_units)\n)"}, {"name": "right_sign", "description": "", "definition": "sign(student_scalar) = sign(correct_quantity)"}, {"name": "angle_in_range", "description": "", "definition": "if(settings['restrict_angle'], abs(student_scalar) <= 90, true)"}, {"name": "right", "description": "

Will check for correct sign elswhere.

", "definition": "withinTolerance(abs(student_scalar), abs(correct_scalar), settings['right'])"}, {"name": "close", "description": "

Must have correct sign to be close.

", "definition": "withinTolerance(student_scalar, correct_scalar, settings['close'])\n"}], "settings": [{"name": "correct_quantity", "label": "Correct Angle as quantity ", "help_url": "", "hint": "", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "qty(45,'deg')", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "right", "label": "Accuracy for right.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Question will be considered correct if the scalar part of the student's answer is within ± this amount from the correct value.", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "0.1", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "restrict_angle", "label": "Less than 90\u00b0", "help_url": "", "hint": "When checked, angle must be between -90° and +90°.", "input_type": "checkbox", "default_value": true}, {"name": "C1", "label": "Close with units.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial Credit for close value with appropriate units.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "75"}, {"name": "close", "label": " Accuracy for close.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Question will be considered close if the scalar part of the student's answer is within ± this amount from the correct value.", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "0.5", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "C2", "label": "No units or wrong sign", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial credit for forgetting units or using wrong sign.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "50"}, {"name": "C3", "label": "Close, no units.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial Credit for close value without units.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "25"}], "public_availability": "restricted", "published": false, "extensions": ["quantities"]}, {"source": {"pk": 19, "author": {"name": "William Haynes", "pk": 2530}, "edit_page": "/part_type/19/edit"}, "name": "Engineering Accuracy with units", "short_name": "engineering-answer", "description": "

A value with units marked right if within an adjustable % error of the correct value.  Marked close if within a wider margin of error.

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Modify the unit portion of the student's answer by

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1. replacing \"ohms\" with \"ohm\"  case insensitive

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2. replacing '-' with ' ' 

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3. replacing '°' with ' deg' 

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to allow answers like 10 ft-lb and 30°

", "definition": "replace_regex('ohms','ohm',\n replace_regex('\u00b0', ' deg',\n replace_regex('-', ' ' ,\n studentAnswer[len(match_student_number[0])..len(studentAnswer)])),\"i\")"}, {"name": "good_units", "description": "", "definition": "try(\ncompatible(quantity(1, student_units),correct_units),\nmsg,\nfeedback(msg);false)\n"}, {"name": "student_quantity", "description": "

This fixes the student answer for two common errors.  

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If student_units are wrong  - replace with correct units

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If student_scalar has the wrong sign - replace with right sign

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If student makes both errors, only one gets fixed.

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Only marked close if the student actually has the right sign.

", "definition": "right_sign and percent_error <= settings['close']"}, {"name": "right_sign", "description": "", "definition": "sign(student_scalar) = sign(correct_quantity) "}], "settings": [{"name": "correctAnswer", "label": "Correct Quantity.", "help_url": "", "hint": "The correct answer given as a JME quantity.", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "right", "label": "% Accuracy for right.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Question will be considered correct if the scalar part of the student's answer is within this % of correct value.", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "0.2", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "close", "label": "% Accuracy for close.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Question will be considered close if the scalar part of the student's answer is within this % of correct value.", "input_type": "code", "default_value": "1.0", "evaluate": true}, {"name": "C1", "label": "Close with units.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial Credit for close value with appropriate units.  if correct answer is 100 N and close is ±1%,
99  N is accepted.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "75"}, {"name": "C2", "label": "No units or wrong sign", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial credit for forgetting units or using wrong sign.
If the correct answer is 100 N, both 100 and -100 N are accepted.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "50"}, {"name": "C3", "label": "Close, no units.", "help_url": "", "hint": "Partial Credit for close value but forgotten units.
This value would be close if the expected units were provided.  If the correct answer is 100 N, and close is ±1%,
99 is accepted.", "input_type": "percent", "default_value": "25"}], "public_availability": "always", "published": true, "extensions": ["quantities"]}], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"rulesets": {}, "variable_groups": [{"variables": ["A", "B", "C", "alpha", "FA", "FB", "FC", "units", "debug"], "name": "Inputs"}, {"variables": ["ForceA", "beta", "gamma", "ForceB", "ForceC", "ForceR", "rho", "R", "angle_from_ref"], "name": "Outputs"}], "tags": ["mechanics", "statics", "vector addition"], "name": "Vector addition by summing scalar components", "functions": {"direction": {"parameters": [["v", "vector"]], "language": "javascript", "definition": "return Math.atan2(v[1],v[0])", "type": "number"}}, "metadata": {"licence": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International", "description": "

Add three vectors by determining their scalar components, summing them and then resolving the rectangular components to find the magnitude and direction of the resultant

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Find the scalar components of the component forces A, B, and C

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$A_x =$ [[0]]  $B_x =$ [[2]]  $C_x =$ [[4]]

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$A_y =$ [[1]]  $B_y =$ [[3]]  $C_y =$ [[5]]

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Sum the scalar components to get the scalar components of the resultant R.

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$R_x = \\Sigma F_x  = A_x + B_x + C_x =$ [[0]] 

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$R_y = \\Sigma F_y  = A_y + B_y + C_y =$ [[1]]  

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Resolve $R_x$ and $R_y$ to find the magnitude and direction of R.

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$R = \\sqrt{{R_x}^2 +{R_y}^2}$ = [[0]] 

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 $\\theta = \\tan^{-1}\\left(\\left|\\dfrac{R_y}{R_x}\\right| \\right)$ = [[2]]  measured from the  [[1]]

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{angle_from_ref}

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Force B as a vector

", "definition": "FB *( vector(cos(radians(beta)),sin(radians(beta))))", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Outputs"}, "C": {"name": "C", "description": "

Position of point C

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Magnitude of force C

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Resultant as a vector

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Magnitude of force A

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Direction of force B

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Magnitude of resultant

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Force C as a vector

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Direction of force C in degrees

", "definition": "degrees(direction(vector(C[0]-A[0],C[1]-A[1])))", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Outputs"}, "rho": {"name": "rho", "description": "

direction of resultant

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direction of force A

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Magnitude of Force B

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Position of point B

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Position of point A

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force A as a vector

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Vector Addition:  

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$R_x = \\Sigma F_x =  (\\var{siground(ForceA[0],4)})  + (\\var{siground(ForceB[0],4)}) +( \\var{siground(ForceC[0],4)}) = \\var{siground(ForceR[0],4)}$ {units[1]}

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$R_y = \\Sigma F_y =  (\\var{siground(ForceA[1],4)})  + (\\var{siground(ForceB[1],4)}) +( \\var{siground(ForceC[1],4)}) = \\var{siground(ForceR[1],4)}$ {units[1]}

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$ R=\\sqrt{R_x^2 + R_y^2} = \\sqrt{(\\var{siground(ForceR[0],4)})^2 +(\\var{siground(ForceR[0],4)})^2} = \\var{siground(abs(ForceR),4)}$ {units[1]}

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$\\theta = \\tan^{-1}\\left(\\left|\\frac{R_y}{R_x}\\right| \\right) = \\tan^{-1}\\left(\\left|\\frac{\\var{siground(ForceR[1],4)}}{\\var{siground(ForceR[0],4)}}\\right| \\right)  = \\var{siground(degrees(arctan(abs(forceR[1])/forceR[0])),4)}°  =  (\\var{siground(rho,4)}° $ from the positive x-axis.)

", "statement": "

Three forces act on the bracket at point A:   A = {FA} {units[1]}, B = {FB} {units[1]} and, = {FC} {units[1]}.

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Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force R by summing scalar components.

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{geogebra_applet('dtf3t2dp', [['A',A],['B',B],['C',C],['F_a',FA],['F_b',FB],['F_c',FC],['α', alpha],['unit','\"'+units[0]+'\"']])}

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Force A: {fa} at {alpha} = {forceA} 

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Force B: {fb} at {beta} = {forceB}

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Force C: {fc} at {gamma} = {forceC}

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Resultant: {R} at {rho}  = {forceR}

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