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• If an initial effort does not crack the problem (жарг.) ...

• We tackled (or solved) the problem by applying ...

• The laboratory has dealt with the problem by sucking water out of ...

• Thus the student will be better prepared to handle quantitative design problems.

• Fastening problems should be (re)solved while they are in the design stage.