Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11254: Percentage word problems 2 - Input field nit acceoting ciorrect answer
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-15 04:07:58+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: mazarkfriesen604@gmail.com

I put 509.09 in as the answer. I got a wrong response. I then put in the dollar sign, still had a wrong answer. I stepped through the hints and your answer is the same as mine. The input field will not accept $509.09 as the correct answer

[percentage_word_problems_2.html?seed=48&problem=yearly-percentages-2](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_2.html?seed=48&problem=yearly-percentages-2&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_2.html?seed=48&problem=yearly-percentages-2&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22289.26%5C%22%22%2C93%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22509.09%5C%22%22%2C53%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C39%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C41%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C43%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C46%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C48%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22509.09%5C%22%22%2C54%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.09%5C%22%22%2C8%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24%20509.09%5C%22%22%2C17%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22509.09%5C%22%22%2C13%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.09%5C%22%22%2C14%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.10%5C%22%22%2C21%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.09%5C%22%22%2C8%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24%20509.09%5C%22%22%2C65%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C5%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C7%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24%20509.09%5C%22%22%2C9%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.09%5C%22%22%2C10%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24509.09%5C%22%22%2C20%5D%5D)

["289.26","509.09","509.09","$509.09","$ 509.09","509.09","$509.09","$509.10","$509.09","$ 509.09","$ 509.09","$509.09","$509.09"]

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