Scotty makes dinner by looking at his ingredients and then combining them into a meal.Nora makes dinner by deciding on the meal and then selecting the ingredients.Scotty is cooking in a _____ manner,and Nora is cooking in a _____ manner.
A) bottom-up; top-down
B) top-down; bottom-up
C) top-down; top-down
D) bottom-up; bottom-up

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Scotty is starting from the bottom (ingredients) and building up to the meal, so he is cooking in a bottom-up manner. Nora, on the other hand, is starting from the top (meal idea) and selecting the ingredients to fit that meal, so she is cooking in a top-down manner.

Scotty Makes Dinner by Looking at His Ingredients and Then