Mayra wants to generate a set of anagrams for a contest in the campus paper. To generate the anagrams, she starts with the words that the contestants need to come up with to win the contest, and then scrambles the letters. In this case, Mayra's method of solving the problem is consistent with the problem-solving heuristic known as
A) means-end analysis.
B) searching for analogies.
C) working backward.
D) trial-and-error.

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Working backward involves starting with the solution and working in reverse to understand how to arrive at that solution. Mayra starts with the final words (solutions) and scrambles them to create the anagrams.

Mayra Wants to Generate a Set of Anagrams for a Contest