Many people want to know how to analyze people they meet. There are six stages in 21a problem.

First the person must 22________that there is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken,and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with hisbicycle.

Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must findthe 23________why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with thegears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.

Now the person must look for 24________that will make the problem clearer and lead to possiblesolutions. For instance, suppose Sam decides that his bike does not work because there issomething wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look up his bicycle repair book andread about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop.

After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible 25________.Take Sam as an 26________ . His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gearwheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.

Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea27________ very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in anew way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between thegear wheels.

He immediately 28________the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.Finally, the solution is 29________. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards hisbicycle works perfectly. In short, he has 30________the problem.