Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 38

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: set traps and build bombs.If Tom spends all day setting traps,he will have set 16 traps.If he instead devotes his day to building bombs,Tom will build 4 bombs.If Jerry spends his day setting traps,he will set 14 traps;if he spends the day building bombs,he will build 7 bombs.At the end of the day,if Jerry was efficient with his resources,he could have produced:

• A)12 traps and 0 bombs.
• B)10 traps and 2 bombs.
• C)8 traps and 2 bombs.
• D)6 traps and 2 bombs.

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Definitions:

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in educational psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Scaffolding

An educational technique that involves providing support to students or learners in the early stages of learning, gradually removing the support as the learner becomes more proficient.

Rehearsal

The act of purposely repeating information to maintain it in short-term memory.

Meta Cognition

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