Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Geography Question 22

Practice objective / multiple choice question 22 from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Geography Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 22 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2017 • GEOGRAPHY • objective

An urban planner wants to locate a new supermarket that requires a minimum of 8 000 customers per week to be viable. In the town each resident shops once per week and the residential population density is 2 000 persons per km². Assuming the supermarket draws customers uniformly from a circular catchment area, determine the minimum radius (in km, to two decimal places) of this catchment. Then, if a second identical supermarket is opened 12 km away from the first, decide whether their catchment areas overlap.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. Radius ≈ 1.13 km; no overlap
B. Radius ≈ 1.30 km; no overlap
C. Radius ≈ 0.95 km; overlap
D. Radius ≈ 1.13 km; overlap
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
Radius ≈ 1.13 km; no overlap

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Geography Question 22. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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