<h1>Please check my homework</h1>
<p>These questions post a routine exercise, give (often in great detail) an answer (that often is correct) and ask</p>
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<p>Is my answer correct?</p>
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<p>Why is this problematic?</p>
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<li><p><strong>We are not a homework-checking site.</strong></p>
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<li><p>The question effectively has been asked and answered.  What is any answer supposed to add?</p>
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<li><p>In most cases, the question is a duplicate of another post, anyway.</p>
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<h2>How to improve such a question</h2>
<p>Presumably, if you are posting such a question you have some doubt about what you are doing.</p>
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<li><p><strong>Isolate the step</strong> in your solution at which you first experience a concern.</p>
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<li><p><strong>Show us your work</strong> <em>through that step.</em></p>
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<li><p>Show us what steps you have taken to <strong>check your work</strong> up to this point.</p>
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<li><p><strong>Describe the research</strong> you did to find answers here on CV (and elsewhere).</p>
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<li><p><strong>Express your concern:</strong> what is it that causes you to think you might not be correct?</p>
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<p>At this point you likely have a definite, constructive, answerable question--and the responses you get will be more helpful to you than a simple &quot;yes, you got the right answer.&quot;</p>
