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by etha 5434 days ago
If they truly aim to teach math and not, say, engineering, then they should not be teaching students to assume constraints that aren't given in the problem.
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It's also usually just a part of the course- like putting units on an answer in physics. You don't have to say so in every problem because you are taught from the start how to make your responses correct. I built a lot of content for a student math problem system and this is what the teacher wanted. 6/9 is an incorrect answer in elementary mathematics.
I agree, and in a lot of cases I find that to be a sad truth instead of acceptable.