def normalize_response(response: str) -> str:
    """
    Normalize the response by removing markdown and LaTeX formatting that may prevent a match.
    """

    return (
        response.replace("**", "")
        .replace("$\\boxed{", "")
        .replace("}$", "")
        .replace("\\$", "")
        .replace("$\\text{", "")
        .replace("$", "")
        .replace("\\mathrm{", "")
        .replace("\\{", "")
        .replace("\\text", "")
        .replace("\\(", "")
        .replace("\\mathbf{", "")
        .replace("{", "")
        .replace("\\boxed", "")
    )

    Normalize the response by removing markdown and LaTeX formatting that may prevent a match.
    
common.py