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Learning by analogy example

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Learning by analogy transfers knowledge from a similar known problem to a new one. An example is understanding electric current through water flow analogy: voltage is like pressure, resistance like pipe narrowness.

Give an example of learning by analogy.

Learning by analogy means solving a new problem by transferring knowledge from a similar known problem.

Example: a student who knows that water flowing through a pipe depends on pressure difference and pipe resistance can understand electric current in a circuit by analogy: voltage is like pressure, current is like water flow, and resistance is like the narrowness of the pipe. Similarly, Rutherford's atom model was learned by analogy with the solar system (nucleus = sun, electrons = planets).

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