Linda, a teacher, used to walk to school every day. she recently moved to a house in a suburb outside the city and realized she would need to buy an suv to commute. in the context of the process of making decisions, linda is in the stage of

Problem recognition

Explanation:

 The problem recognition is the one of the type of decision making stage that helps in recognize the substantial differences that helps in taking the various types of decision according to the given problem.

We always take decisions based on the given problem so that it helps in solving the various types of decisions by proper evaluation.

 According to the given question, Linda is a teacher and she used to walk everyday at school but now she moved to outskirts of the city. She required to busy the SUV for the commute purpose so Linda is the problem recognition stage.  

 Therefore, Problem recognition is the correct answer.

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