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People often assume that it is necessary to use all the numerical information provided in a problem to solve the problem. In reality, numerical information sometimes makes it more difficult to solve a problem. Why?

◦ The information results in a mental set.
◦ The information may be irrelevant.
◦ The information puts unnecessary constraints on the problem solver.
◦ The information encourages functional fixedness.
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