The water-jug problem demonstrates that one consequence of having a procedure that does provide a solution to a problem is that, if well-learned, it may prevent us from
A. seeing more efficient solutions to the problem.
B. being able to solve other problems at all.
C. understanding why the procedure works successfully.
D. discriminating between well- and ill-defined problems.
Answer: A
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