Millie Is Stumped by a Problem on Her Pre-Calculus Text

question 13

Multiple Choice

Millie is stumped by a problem on her pre-calculus text.She furtively glances at the answer provided in the back of the text to get an idea of how the solution should look before she returns to the problem.Millie's strategy most closely resembles the problem-solving heuristic of:

• A)forming subgoals.
• B)trial and error.
• C)working backward.
• D)insight.

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