Solving problems via wizards

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Wizard interface

A wizard interface is provided so that problems that are not readily available in the form of an equation or expression can be entered into the system.

Here is the list of currently available wizard interface categories:

Line

Parabola

Circle

Ellipse

Graphing

Basic operations with numbers

Pre-Algebra

Polynomials

Functions

Sequences

Geometry and Trigonometry

Statistics

 

You can access the list of wizards by clicking on the Wizard button:

 

wizmenu

 

 

Except for some differences in entering data, wizards are organizationally very similar to worksheets: they contain initial input data and any solution process and explanations.

 

In addition, the wizard interface will notice when you have already entered data for a similar wizard and ask you whether you want to import that data. This is useful when, for example, you want to find the slope, x-intercept and y-intercept for the same line.

 

Please note that the following types of problems do not require a wizard interface:

  • simplification of expressions
  • factoring of expressions
  • solution of equations
  • graphing (unless explicit points must also be graphed)
  • finding the LCM and the GCF