Answer: Under the following conditions is it most beneficial to use a heuristic approach to solve a problem:
A.) when the problem can be solved in a reasonable time and an approximate solution is acceptable.
Explanation: The heuristic approach to problem solving is an informal problem solving method often using self discovery to find an approximate (NOT EXACT) solution to a problem in an acceptable time frame. Examples of this approach include: “guesstimate”, “educated guess”, and “rule of thumb”.