Why Algorithms Are Important When Doing Homework in College

In college, we have homework that have to be completed online. We would input an answer and the program gives us instant feedback. This is a way to save time when computing final scores.

The programs check your answer using algorithms. Algorithms are a set of sequential instructions a program follow. They are used in calculators, especially graphing calculators. These calculators require an input and out comes the solution.

When I took calculus in college, some questions can be solved by inserting a complex answer. The software then uses algorithms to do its own calculations and determine if your answer is correct or not. For example, if a question asks for the derivative of abc, I would insert a'bc+ab'c+ab'c, the software then simplify the answer, and consider it correct. In a quiz, I inserted a correct complex answer and the professor reminded me to simplify it.

In accounting, the care if your numbers are correct and your accounts are correct. Sometimes, the software doesn't care about the ordering of accounts.

In logic philosophy, some questions can have more than one correct answer. The questions where you have use proofs only care when you get to the desired solution, similar to how it's done in geometry.

Submitted April 19, 2017 at 08:18PM by Gregheff http://ift.tt/2otE40C