The secret to solving the problem is to develop the willingness to do it a step at a time. If one tries to write it all in one big equation confusion results. Excellent problems are available in Problem Solving Strategies - Crossing the River With Dogs . Ted Herr and Ken Johnson. Key Curriculum Press , 1994.
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