--- loncom/homework/templates/SimpleFormula.problem	2002/06/06 08:56:43	1.1
+++ loncom/homework/templates/SimpleFormula.problem	2009/07/06 17:12:47	1.7
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 <problem>
-<script type="loncapa/perl"># Enter computations here 
-
+
+<script type="loncapa/perl">
+$k=&random(3,6,1);
+$formula="a*x^$k";
+$m=$k-1;
+$derivative="$k*a*x^$m";
 </script>
-<startouttext />Enter Question Text Here.  <endouttext />
-<formularesponse answer="$answer" id="11" samples="">
-    <responseparam name="tol" type="tolerance" description="Numerical Tolerance" default=".0001" />
-    <textline size="50" />
-    <hintgroup>
-    </hintgroup>
+
+<startouttext />
+What is the derivative of <tt>$formula</tt> with respect to x?
+<endouttext />
+
+<formularesponse samples="a,x@-3,-3:3,3#4" answer="$derivative">
+    <responseparam description="Numerical Tolerance" type="tolerance" default="0.00001" name="tol" />
+    <textline size="25" />    
 </formularesponse>
 
 </problem>