Your teacher is trying to get the class to use analogical problem solving. When he gives you a problem to solve by analogical reasoning, you will increase your chances of being successful by

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Using past experiences with similar problems helps in analogical problem solving by allowing you to draw parallels and apply solutions from those past experiences to the current problem.  This allows you to find similarities between the past situations and the current problem. You are using inductive reasoning to access tried-and-true methods that speed current problem solving.

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