Max wants to bake a cake for his girlfriend for her birthday. He has never done this before, but he finds a recipe for a seven-layer chocolate cake and proceeds to follow the instructions step-by-step. The result is a wonderful cake that impresses his

girlfriend. What problem-solving strategy did Max use?

a) algorithm
b) trial-and-error
c) heuristic
d) goal state


Answer: A

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