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Line 6 what units the system accepts, see \ref{
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The computer will accept the answer in any of its accepted unit formats. |
The computer will accept the answer in any of its accepted unit formats. |
For example, if the answer to a problem is {}``1ft'', the computer will |
For example, if the answer to a problem is {}``1ft'', the computer will |
accept {}``12in'' as correct. |
accept {}``12in'' as correct. |
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Additional units can be defined using the ``customunits'' parameter, which is a comma-separated list of unit conversions. For example |
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peck=2*gallon,bushel=8*gallon,gallon=4.4*L |
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\end{verbatim} |
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would define the new units peck, bushel, and gallon. The last entry in a conversion chain always needs to be a unit that LON-CAPA already supports. |