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PreTeXt Sample Book Abstract Algebra (SAMPLE ONLY)

Exercises 5.9 Multiple Choice Exercises

When this <exercises> division is hosted on Runestone Academy, it will be enabled for group work. See group selection and submission features are at the end of the division. See Worksheet 5.26 for more detail. (2024-07-24: experimental.)

1. Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, One Answer.

What color is a stop sign?
  • Green
  • Green means β€œgo!”.
  • Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
  • White
  • White might be hard to see.
Hint 1.
What did you see last time you went driving?
Hint 2.
Maybe go out for a drive?

2. Multiple-Choice, Math in Feedback.

What is the coefficient on x4y4 in (2x+5xy2)4?
  • Have you accounted for the 2 and 5 that are in the original binomial?
  • What should the exponents on 2 and 5 be when you expand (2x+5xy2)4?
  • Have you included something of the form (nk) in your computations?
  • Correct! Using the binomial theorem, we get a term containing the monomial x4y4 by taking two of the first term, and two of the second term in the expansion of (2x+5xy2)4, and so this term is equal to
    (42)(2x)2(5xy2)2=6β‹…2252x4y4=600x4y4.

3. Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers.

Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.)
  • Red is a definitely one of the colors.
  • Yellow
  • Yes, yellow is correct.
  • Black
  • Remember the acronym…ROY G BIV. β€œB” stands for blue.
  • Green
  • Yes, green is one of the colors.
Hint.
Do you know the acronym…ROY G BIV for the colors of a rainbow, and their order?

4. Multiple-Choice, Randomized, One Answer.

What color is a stop sign? [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
  • Green
  • Green means β€œgo!”.
  • Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
  • White
  • White might be hard to see.
Hint 1.
What did you see last time you went driving?
Hint 2.
Maybe go out for a drive?

5. Multiple-Choice, Randomized, Multiple Answers.

Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.) [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
  • Red is a definitely one of the colors.
  • Yellow
  • Yes, yellow is correct.
  • Black
  • Remember the acronym…ROY G BIV. β€œB” stands for blue.
  • Green
  • Yes, green is one of the colors.
Hint.
Do you know the acronym…ROY G BIV for the colors of a rainbow, and their order?

6. Mathematical Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers.

Which of the following is an antiderivative of 2sin⁑(x)cos⁑(x)?
  • sin2⁑(x)+832
  • Remember that when we write +C on an antiderivative that this is the way we communicate that there are many possible derivatives, but they all β€œdiffer by a constant”.
  • sin2⁑(x)
  • The derivative given in the statement of the problem looks exactly like an application of the chain rule to sin2⁑(x).
  • βˆ’cos2⁑(x)
  • Take a derivative on βˆ’cos2⁑(x) to see that this answer is correct. Extra credit: does this answer β€œdiffer by a constant” when subtracted from either of the other two correct answers?
  • βˆ’2cos⁑(x)sin⁑(x)
  • The antiderivative of a product is not the product of the antiderivatives. Use the product rule to take a derivative and see that this answer is not correct.
Hint.
You can take a derivative on any one of the choices to see if it is correct or not, rather than using techniques of integration to find a single correct answer.

7. Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, One Answer.

What color is a stop sign?
Note: we are experimenting with choices in columns (2025-05-17). Three columns here.
  • Green
  • Green means β€œgo!”.
  • Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
  • White
  • White might be hard to see.
  • Purple
  • Hmmmmmmm.
  • I have never seen a pink road sign!
Hint 1.
What did you see last time you went driving?
Hint 2.
Maybe go out for a drive?
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