Q: Here is a goal: how do you get free throws in basketball?

How would you accomplish this goal?

A: the other team needs to foul on you.

Q: Here is a goal: How to fix an armrest to a chair?

How would you accomplish this goal?

A: Design an L shaped wooden structure of required size and fix it on to the chair by nailing it in.

Q: Here is a goal: To scoop frozen ice cream quickly from it's container,

How would you accomplish this goal?

A:
using an ice cream scoop that has been run under hot water for a second, push the tip of the scoop into the ice cream, curling a scoop up into it.