Pam and Jaquan are going to drive from New York to Los Angeles, where they will attend college, and they have decided to break the trip up into several shorter days of driving instead of trying to drive all the way without stopping. They plan to stop in Chicago, Denver, and Las Vegas, before reaching Los Angeles on the fourth day. If they are successful then Pam and Jaquan will reach their goal by having used the problem solving method of .