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Bob
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Re: Math B #28
Posted:
Jun 23, 2008 5:08 PM
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Call them another day and they'll probably give you another answer. Give the
kid the point.
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve kenworthy" <skenworthy@wvalley.wnyric.org>
To: <nysmathab@mathforum.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Math B #28
>I called NYS and they said to score a zero, based on the fact that it is a
>conceptual error, followed by a degeneration into right triangle trig,
>which is math A. I argued that the proportion itself is a math A problem.
>My argument that it should only be a two-point error, because after the
>incorrect assumption (bisection), everything else followed through
>correctly with law of sines. It cost my hardest working student a mastery
>grade.
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