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Some types of problem

So now let’s look at some ways to think through these problems.

Our first problem is a fairly simple one.

Problem 1

You have a certain amount of money to spend but not enough to do two things

that are equally important to you.
Either

you can buy that video game console that you have wanted for a long time
(because Jude has bought the latest one and is selling her old one and you
can just about afford to buy it from her)

Or
you can go away with your best friend, Chris, for a week’s holiday to a great

theme park.

I don’t know about you, but I would find very hard to decide between those two things!

Step 1: Make sure you understand the problem

With this problem, you might want to start off by trying to see the whole problem – so

you could use Eagle-thinking to see the ‘big picture’. You could draw or just list the bits

that make up the problem, and link them with lines and arrows to show how everything

is connected.

A simple map of the problem, from the eagle’s point-of-view, might look like this:

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