Hakeem Spent Three Hours Trying to Solve a Physics Problem

question 194

Multiple Choice

Hakeem spent three hours trying to solve a physics problem to no avail. Finally, in frustration, he gave up and went to watch TV. To his surprise, while watching TV, Hakeem found that he suddenly knew how to solve the problem. Hakeem seems to have benefited from ____.

• A) a mental set
• B) functional fixedness
• C) incubation
• D) an algorithm

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Definitions:

Compensating Balance

A minimum account balance that a borrower must maintain as a condition for a bank loan, often to compensate the bank for extending credit.

Interest Rate

Interest Rate is the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding.

Effective Annual Interest Rate

The real return on an investment after accounting for the effect of compounding interest over a period.

Inventory Period

The average time it takes for inventory to be sold and replaced over a period, indicating the efficiency of a company's inventory management.