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4.7.4 Alternate Ways of Entering Expressions

 

The buttons of the Answer Editor keypad can be used in other ways as well. In particular, users can select some portion of the input in the entry field which constitutes a complete mathematical expression, and then click on a keypad button. This will create a new mathematical expression within which the expression selected is one component. The same basic rule applies: the minimum unit of manipulation is a complete mathematical expression.