Suppose the Eight-Puzzle Was Extended to a Four-By-Four Tray Containing

question 3

Essay

Suppose the eight-puzzle was extended to a four-by-four tray containing 11 tiles with the solved puzzle appearing as below. What problem would occur if our heuristic search (using the-number-of-tiles-out-of-place) was applied to solve the puzzle start from the configuration below? How could that problem be overcome?

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