City X needs to increase its population of residents

Question

City X needs to increase its population of residents. Our new approach to promoting this goal is to offer incentives specifically targeted to individuals from population sectors in which migration to the city from the surrounding area has been greater than migration from the city to the surrounding area. To further this approach, we plan to provide the following incentives:

- increase the availability of resources for women entrepreneurs
- improve the city’s primary (elementary) schools
- improve services for citizens over 45 years of age
- improve services for low-income earners
- improve the city’s roads to facilitate quicker commutes

Vedant_Wankhede · Accepted Answer

Question 3:

Question stem simplification :
For each factor we need to select Yes if the incentives of Y are specifically targeted or else No

How do we know if the incentives of Y are specifically targeted or not refer to Tab2 for this

City Y states the criteria that " incentives are specifically targeted to individuals from population sectors in which migration from the city to the surrounding area has been greater than migration to the city from the surrounding area. "

Data in the migrations tab helps us this for each factor individually

30-34 (age in years) : We know  (From Y %)  is 5% and  (to City Y %)  is 15%, Hence the population migration from city Y (From Y %) to the surrounding has has been less than the population migration to the city Y  (to City Y %)  from surrounding

Hence for each factor to be specifcally targeted if  (From Y %) > (to City Y %)  select  "Yes"  else  "No"

As it can be observed for the rest of the options

Children aged 0-5 in same residence
Children aged 6-17 in same residence

BettyD · Answer

Q3:

The key criterion for selecting "Yes" is  whether the percentage of people migrating from City Y (From Y %) is greater than the percentage of people migrating to City Y (To Y %) . If the migration from City Y is higher than the migration to City Y, it means that City Y’s incentives are appropriately targeted, as they are designed to focus on population groups where more people are leaving than arriving, to help retain or attract them.

Let’s apply this criterion to each factor:

30-34 (age in years):
From City Y (%): 5%
To City Y (%): 15%

The percentage of people moving to City Y is higher than those moving away from it. Therefore, City Y’s policy is not specifically targeted at this group, since more people are moving in than out.
The answer should be “No.”

Children aged 0-5 in same residence
From City Y (%): 11%
To City Y (%): 3%

The percentage of people moving away from City Y (11%) is greater than the percentage of people moving in (3%). This means City Y has lost more families with children aged 0-5, so their incentives are appropriately targeted at this group.
The answer should be “Yes.”

Children aged 6-17 in same residence
From City Y (%): 9%
To City Y (%): 5%

The percentage of people moving away from City Y (9%) is greater than those moving in (5%), indicating that City Y’s policy is targeted at the right group since more people are leaving.
The answer should be “Yes.”

Final Answers:
30-34 age group: No
Children aged 0-5: Yes
Children aged 6-17: Yes

Bunuel · Answer

Did this passage have only one question? Usually, passages in MSR have more. Also, if you post screenshots of all parts of the question, I'll edit it for you.

purplelemonsoda · Answer

Bunuel  done, sorry, im unable to figure out table formatting

Bunuel · Answer

No problem, it can get tricky sometimes. Could you also post a screenshot for City Y tab and the third question if available?

Bunuel · Answer

Formatted the question. Please check. Thank you!

purplelemonsoda · Answer

it's perfect thanks  Bunuel !

ManishaPrepMinds · Answer

Here, what Is the Question Asking?

Which population groups in City Y should be targeted for incentives? & what is given,

City Y’s approach-> to offer incentives specifically to groups where more residents have moved out of City Y ( “From City Y” ) than have moved in ( “To City Y” ) over the last 5 years.

Hence, for each group, compare the percentage who LEFT City Y ( From City Y (%) ) to the percentage who MOVED IN ( To City Y (%) ).
 If    From City Y (%)    >    To City Y (%)   , City Y should focus incentives on this group (   Yes   ). 
 If    From City Y (%)    <    To City Y (%)   , City Y should NOT focus incentives on this group (   No   ).

Let’s check each group

1. 30-34 (age in years)
 
  From City Y: 5%  
  To City Y: 15%   
More people are moving IN than leaving.
 Should we target?   No

2. Children aged 0-5 in same residence 
 
  From City Y: 11%  
  To City Y: 3%   
More people are leaving than moving IN.
  Should target?     Yes

3. Children aged 6-17 in same residence 
 
  From City Y: 9%  
  To City Y: 5%

More people are leaving than moving IN.
 Should target?   Yes

Hence, City Y should offer incentives to groups who have more people leaving than arriving : families with children aged 0–5 and 6–17. The 30–34 age group should NOT be targeted because more people are moving into City Y than leaving.

Pixelm · Answer

Hello, on the Mock3, the answer given for question3 is YES/NO/NO (instead of NO/YES/YES as shown in the answer here)
But I think GMAC are wrong.

Bunuel · Answer

Could you please provide a screenshot of the question? This would help a lot. Thank you!

Bunuel · Answer

Thank you for pm-ing me the screenshot. The OA's in the thread in mocks match: Mocks: No/Yes/Yes https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file_private.php?id=85923 Here: No/Yes/Yes https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=85924 GMAT-Club-Forum-j51exgxj.png

Siddharth0007 · Answer

Explanation for Q1 AND Q2??

Bunuel · Answer

Each of the following describes a possible contributor to the cities’ goals of population growth and diversity. Which of them is most clearly NOT addressed by either of the cities’ plans?

Option A: Addressed. Both plans are explicitly built around migration between each city and its surrounding area, and the table is also specifically about that.

Option B: Not addressed. Neither plan talks about migration to and from places outside of the respective city’s surrounding area. They only reference the surrounding area.

Option C: Addressed. City Y explicitly plans to improve continuing education opportunities, so this contributor is covered by at least one plan.

Option D: Addressed. City X plans to improve primary schools, and City Y plans to improve schools and to attract people with young children, so school quality for families with children is covered.

Option E: Addressed. City X explicitly plans to improve roads to facilitate quicker commutes, which directly targets traffic frustration.

Answer: B

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Bunuel · Answer

For each of the following, select Yes if it describes an aspect to which BOTH the City X plan and City Y plan pay explicit attention. Otherwise, select No.

Q2 asks which aspects BOTH plans pay explicit attention to.

• City Schools

City X explicitly plans to improve primary (elementary) schools, and City Y explicitly plans to improve all schools (primary and secondary). So both address schools.

Answer: Yes.

• Residents’ ages

City X explicitly targets citizens over 45, and City Y explicitly targets people 25 to 34. So both explicitly address age.

Answer: Yes.

• Income levels

City X explicitly targets low-income earners, but City Y does not mention income at all. So it is not something BOTH plans address.

Answer: No.

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	Migration to and from the respective city’s surrounding area
	Migration to and from places outside of the respective city’s surrounding area
	Migration due to opportunities for continuing education
	Migration by families with children due to the relative quality of available schools
	Migration due to frustration with traffic congestion

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		30-34 (age in years)
		Children aged 0-5 in same residence
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