>long equation >get answer >it's wrong >realize

You found your mistake. That's a win.

>>8576931
I'm the same way. I've learned I simply have to take the time to check my results by going through the process and just looking for for reasonableness. I rarely post anything flawlessly when I haven't first checked.

I can only remember doing something like this once. I mean I make arithmetical errors, but my handwriting is good. Maybe you should write better, brainlet.

>>8576935
This.

>writing midterm
>realize I misread something after 2 pages of work
>write a note explaining my mistake and how it will change the answer if corrected
>still get full marks because my process was correct
Feels pretty good.

>>8577058
That's the way I would grade it to. Tests should be graded based on ability, not accuracy. Congrats on your exam problem!

>>8577066
*too. We all make mistakes. See, I just made one. It's all good, OP.

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>learning from text book
>content for chapter is all understandable
>start exercises
>"Show that..."
>no idea where to start
>get extremely frustrated and look at answers
>answer needed me to remember some property of circles or trig identities or that """simple""" idea that (1-x^3)/(1+x) is obviously equal to whatever the fuck
>attempt even numbered question with no answer in the student manual
>seems so easy that I wonder if there's something i missed

could be worse.
>long equation
>get close to answer
>That doesn't look right
>redo from scratch a different way
>for two different problems
>hand it in
>realize immediately after that you did them right the first timed