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I tagged this question as homework, and the user replied that it wasn't homework, but a practice problem for exam review. In my view, exactly the same question could be asked as homework and exam review, and the purpose of the questions is exactly the same (i.e. teaching). Hence, I think the homework tag should pull double-duty here. Do you agree?

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Yes (I agree) ;-P

The reason why is pretty much what you put in your comment on the linked question:

My opinion is that the "homework" tag is there to say to answerers "don't just give away the answer because then the questioner won't have to reason it through." For final exam review questions or homework questions, the goal is to give hints towards the answer and have you work towards the rest of it as much as possible.

Basically, I would say that [homework] applies to any question in which we shouldn't give a full explanation in the interest of letting the OP get full educational value out of the question.

(However, I don't think this applies to the specific question you identified, for reasons explained in my comment on that question.)

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Okay, I've got no disagreement about this particular question and would like to see your full solution posted (I have read it already and it looks clear and helpful to me.) – Mark Eichenlaub Dec 15 '10 at 10:36
OK, cool... I've undeleted my answer. But in general, the question of what to apply the homework tag to is certainly a good one that should be discussed. – David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 15 '10 at 10:56

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