A friend in your class tells you that she never uses hints when doing her Mastering homework. She says that she finds the hints
helpful, but when the hint asks another question it increases the chance that her score on the problem will go down. She feels like it isn't worth the risk.You reassure her that there is nothing to fear about opening a hint that asks a question. Which of the following are good reasons for your friend not to worry? (A) The only way to lose additional partial crediton a hint is by explicitly using the "show answer" button. Leavingthe question blank will not cost you any credit. (B) As an incentive for thinking hard about theproblem, your instructor may choose to apply a small hint penalty,but this penalty is the same whether the hint simply givesinformation or asks another question. (C) Getting the correct answer to the question in ahint actually gives you some partial credit, even if you stillcan't answer the original question. (D) None of the above.
Answer: the correct answer is (C) Getting the correct answer to the question in a hint actually gives you some partial credit, even if you still can't answer the original question.
Explanation: the beauty of multiple options questions is that you can use hints to solve them. And some teachers grade the procedure as well.
