Principles of General Chemistry
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780073402697
Author: SILBERBERG, Martin S.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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How ait the key elements of scientific thinking used in the following scenario? While making toasts, you notice it fails to pop out of the toaster. Thinking the spring mechanism is stuck, you notice that the bread is unchanged. Assuming you forgot to plug in the toaster, you check and bind it is plugged in. Vhen you take the toaster into the dining room and plug it into a different outlet, you find the toaster works. Returning to the kitchen, you turn on the switch for the overhead light and nothing happens.
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