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Work in homework or Study Plan mode

To do homework or Study Plan work in the player:

Read all the instructions carefully.
Enter your answer.
For math questions, make sure that your answer is fully simplified.
If you need to enter math symbols, use the Math palette to insert symbols or use special notation in your answer.
If you need extra data to answer the question, click the magnifying glass icon to pop up a window containing the data.
To get help solving a problem, use the learning aids next to the player window.
Click Check Answer.
If you answered correctly, you see a congratulatory message appears. If not, a message asks you to try again.
If the question has multiple parts, the Check Answer button changes to Continue. Click Continue to continue working on the problem and check your answer after each part.
Complete the question.
A question is complete when you answer correctly or when you have used the number of tries allowed (usually three) for each step in the question. Before your last try, the Check Answer button changes to Final Check.
If you are doing homework, your score on the assignment is automatically updated in the Gradebook each time you complete a question.
If your answer was incorrect, you see the correct answer. You can see your answer by moving your mouse over the red triangle in the answer box.
Click the question number in the navigation bar at the top of the player window to go to the next question. You can do the questions in any order.
You also can click a single arrow in the navigation bar to move forward or backward one question. The double arrows let you move to the next or previous set of questions.
If you are working on a homework assignment that includes media, such as videos or simulations, you may have to answer follow-up questions after you view or work on the media. When you click the question number for a follow-up question, you are prompted to open the media. When you finish with the media, click Display Question to answer the follow-up question.
When you finish a homework assignment, click Save or Back to Homework & Tests. Click Close or Back to Study Plan to return to your Study Plan.

After you finish a question, you can click Similar Exercise to practice again with different values. When you work on a similar question, your score on the question is determined by your most recent attempt.

On homework assignments, Similar Exercise does not appear when your instructor has limited the number of times you can work a question and you have used all your attempts.

If you want to remove your answers and start over, click Clear All. In problems with multiple steps, only the answer for the step you are working on is cleared.

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