--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Numerical_Response_Units.tex 2002/07/05 16:12:31 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Numerical_Response_Units.tex 2011/06/09 16:04:23 1.4 @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ +\label{Numerical_Response_Units} Numerical Response problems can require units. In the problem editing form, place the desired unit in the \textbf{Unit} field. For information about -what units the system accepts, see http://capa4.lite.msu.edu/demolibrary/Links/UnitsSymbolsT2.html. +what units the system accepts, see \ref{Physical_Units}. 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 accept {}``12in'' as correct. + +Additional units can be defined using the ``customunits'' parameter, which is a comma-separated list of unit conversions. For example +\begin{verbatim} +peck=2*gallon,bushel=8*gallon,gallon=4.4*L +\end{verbatim} +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.