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Considering the complexity of the correct answer, I wonder how many people actually got that correct.
Not only correct, but also entered in the right syntax and form with correct derivative nuance for the slight possibility of Pearson's mymathlab to maybe not tell you to go fuck yourself.
Pearson's must have one hell of a contract with educators cause that shit hasn't improved at all in 20 years. One prof we had for multiple courses rallied against it. They eventually gave up and just carried over the grades to the gradebook. It's remarkable how quickly teaching in academia can knock a person down.
Honestly it depends on what the question was. For instance if the question was "write this integral in the form of a sum" it might not be so bad
There are still a lot of rather arbitrary decisions to make.
Is 4/pi inside or outside of the summation?
Is it (-1)^n+1 or (-1)^n with an additional negative sign in any of the other natural locations for it.
Is the e term outside of the fraction with a negative exponent, or part of the denominator.
Do you start with n=0 or n=1 (and adjust the terms inside the summation accordingly)
Did they expand (2n+1)^2?