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21 Jan 2020, 06:10
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Four randomly chosen market research companies each produced population estimated for three middle-sized cities; the estimates of each company were then compared with those of the other companies. Two of the cities had relatively stable populations, and for them estimates of current population and of projected population in five years varied little from company to company. However, for the third city, which was growing rapidly, estimates varied greatly from company to company.
The passage provides the most support for which one of the following?
(A) It is more difficult to estimate the population of middle-sized cities than of smaller cities.
(B) Population estimates for rapidly growing cities can be accurate enough to be useful for marketing.
(C) The rate of change in population of rapidly growing cities does not fluctuate.
(D) The market research companies are likely to be equally reliable in estimating the population of stable cities.
(E) Estimates of city’s future population are likely to be more accurate than are estimates of that city’s current population.
The passage provides the most support for which one of the following?
(A) It is more difficult to estimate the population of middle-sized cities than of smaller cities.
(B) Population estimates for rapidly growing cities can be accurate enough to be useful for marketing.
(C) The rate of change in population of rapidly growing cities does not fluctuate.
(D) The market research companies are likely to be equally reliable in estimating the population of stable cities.
(E) Estimates of city’s future population are likely to be more accurate than are estimates of that city’s current population.
28 Jan 2020, 08:02
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If the companies all produced the same population estimates for the stable cities they looked at, then obviously their estimates for those cities are equally reliable, because they're the same. So D gains some support from the passage (though I'd debate whether, based on the tiny sample size of two cities, we can draw such a general conclusion). No other answer choice gains any support from the passage, so D is the right answer.
30 Jan 2020, 03:24
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d because the argument states that it is possible to predict growth rate of stable cities but for rapid growing cities it varies.
D clearly states first part
D clearly states first part
