Possible decays
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But once the exercise is on the collection, you can edit the number of points for the exercise in the collection independently, without any effect on "points by default" as represented by the number here.
That being said... How many "default points" should you associate with an exercise upon creation?
As with difficulty, there is no straight forward and generally accepted way.
But as a guideline, we tend to give as many points by default as there are mathematical steps to do in the exercise.
Again, very vague... But the number should kind of represent the "work" required.
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When you click an exercise into a collection, this number will be taken as difficulty for the exercise, kind of "by default".
But once the exercise is on the collection, you can edit its difficulty in the collection independently, without any effect on the "difficulty by default" here.
Why we use chess pieces? Well... we like chess, we like playing around with \(\LaTeX\)-fonts, we wanted symbols that need less space than six stars in a table-column... But in your layouts, you are of course free to indicate the difficulty of the exercise the way you want.
That being said... How "difficult" is an exercise? It depends on many factors, like what was being taught etc.
In physics exercises, we try to follow this pattern:
Level 1 - One formula (one you would find in a reference book) is enough to solve the exercise. Example exercise
Level 2 - Two formulas are needed, it's possible to compute an "in-between" solution, i.e. no algebraic equation needed. Example exercise
Level 3 - "Chain-computations" like on level 2, but 3+ calculations. Still, no equations, i.e. you are not forced to solve it in an algebraic manner. Example exercise
Level 4 - Exercise needs to be solved by algebraic equations, not possible to calculate numerical "in-between" results. Example exercise
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Exercise:
Give the result of a calculation that shows whether or not the following decays are possible: vspacmm multicols abcliste abc isotopeU rightarrow isotopeU + textn abc isotopeO rightarrow isotopeO + textn abc isotopeNa rightarrow isotopeNa + textn abcliste multicols
Solution:
For each nuclear reaction we take the mass difference of the educt left hand side and the products right hand side. If the mass difference is negative i.e. the products heavier than the educt the reaction is not possible as a decay; it is only possible if energy would be added. abcliste abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeU - MisotopeU-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeO - MisotopeO-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeNa - MisotopeNa-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abcliste
Give the result of a calculation that shows whether or not the following decays are possible: vspacmm multicols abcliste abc isotopeU rightarrow isotopeU + textn abc isotopeO rightarrow isotopeO + textn abc isotopeNa rightarrow isotopeNa + textn abcliste multicols
Solution:
For each nuclear reaction we take the mass difference of the educt left hand side and the products right hand side. If the mass difference is negative i.e. the products heavier than the educt the reaction is not possible as a decay; it is only possible if energy would be added. abcliste abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeU - MisotopeU-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeO - MisotopeO-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeNa - MisotopeNa-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abcliste
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Exercise:
Give the result of a calculation that shows whether or not the following decays are possible: vspacmm multicols abcliste abc isotopeU rightarrow isotopeU + textn abc isotopeO rightarrow isotopeO + textn abc isotopeNa rightarrow isotopeNa + textn abcliste multicols
Solution:
For each nuclear reaction we take the mass difference of the educt left hand side and the products right hand side. If the mass difference is negative i.e. the products heavier than the educt the reaction is not possible as a decay; it is only possible if energy would be added. abcliste abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeU - MisotopeU-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeO - MisotopeO-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeNa - MisotopeNa-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abcliste
Give the result of a calculation that shows whether or not the following decays are possible: vspacmm multicols abcliste abc isotopeU rightarrow isotopeU + textn abc isotopeO rightarrow isotopeO + textn abc isotopeNa rightarrow isotopeNa + textn abcliste multicols
Solution:
For each nuclear reaction we take the mass difference of the educt left hand side and the products right hand side. If the mass difference is negative i.e. the products heavier than the educt the reaction is not possible as a decay; it is only possible if energy would be added. abcliste abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeU - MisotopeU-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeO - MisotopeO-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abc The mass difference is: Delta m MisotopeNa - MisotopeNa-Misotopen pq.u-pq.u-pq.u pq-.u. Decay not possible. abcliste
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