"At ARCO, gas costs $1.13 per gallon. This is 5 cents less per gallon than gas at Chevron. If you want to buy 5 gallons of gas, how much will you pay at Chevron?" Suppose that a good problem solver read this problem and later was asked to recall it. Based on research by Hegarty, Mayer, and Monk, which of the following errors in recall is most likely to be made by a good problem solver:
a. At
ARCO, gas costs $1.13 per gallon. Gas at Chevron costs 5 cents less per gallon than gas at ARCO. If you want to buy 5 gallons of gas, how much will you pay at Chevron?
b. At ARCO, gas costs $1.13 per gallon. Gas at Chevron costs 5 cents more per gallon than gas at ARCO. If you want to buy 5 gallons of gas, how much will you pay at Chevron?
c. At ARCO, gas costs $1.13 per gallon. This is 5 cents more per gallon than gas at Chevron. If you want to buy 5 gallons of gas, how much will you pay at Chevron?
d. all are equally likely
B
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