Kevin Did Not Know Whether the Locker Room Was Located

question 80

Multiple Choice

Kevin did not know whether the locker room was located down the short hallway to his right or down the long hallway to his left. Crossing his fingers,he decided to try the short hallway. His problem-strategy best illustrates

• A)confirmation bias.
• B)the framing effect.
• C)trial and error.
• D)belief perseverance.

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Definitions:

Focus

A point used in the definitions of conic sections, such as ellipses and hyperbolas, from which distances are measured to define the curves.

Vertex

The point where two lines, or edges, of a geometric figure meet; in the context of a parabola, the peak or the lowest point, depending on its orientation.

Circle

A round plane figure, every point of which is equidistant from a fixed center point, defined by the equation (x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2 in a coordinate plane.

Radius

The distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference.