Question

10. Seventeen-year-old Ashley is driving her brother's car when she has her first-ever flat tire. She realizes that she needs to find where the spare tire, the jack, and other tools are stored in the car, remove the flat tire, and install the spare tire. Ashley is approaching the problem by

a. forming subgoals.
b. changing the representation of the problem.
c. working backward.
d. searching for analogies.

Answer 1

a) Forming subgoals

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of forming subgoals refers to the development of intermediate steps to solve a problem.

In this example, Ashley has her first-ever flat tire, her ultimate goal is to be able to change the tire. However, she divides this task into intermediate steps such as finding where the spare tire, the jack and other tools are, remove the flat tire and install it.

Thus we can say that she is approaching the problem by forming subgoals.