Problem Solving and Problem Representation

     Below is presented what is referred to as the Matchmaker Problem. Read the problem statement and solve the problem.
   

     You should have found this very easy to solve. And, you probably have noticed that there is a abstract resemblance between this problem and the mutilated checkerboard problem. Hopefully, your experience with these problems has alerted you to the importance of how a problem is thought about, that is, how a problem is represented.

Productive Thinking...the Gestalt Emphasis

 © Charles F. Schmidt