PÓLYA'S PROBLEM SOLVING PROCEDURE*
| UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM | |
| First You have to understand the problem. |
What is the unknown? What are the data? What is the condition? Is it possible to satisfy the condition? Is the condition sufficient to determine the unknown? Or is it insufficient? Or redundant? Or contradictory? Draw a figure. Introduce a suitable notation.Separate the various parts of the condition. Can you write them down? |
| DEVISING A PLAN | |
| Second Find the connection between the data and the unknown. You may be obliged to consider auxiliary problems if an immediate connection cannot be found. |
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