Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Geography Question 40
Practice objective / multiple choice question 40 from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
A region is exposed to three environmental hazards with the following annual probabilities (P) and potential economic losses (L) in million Naira: Flood - P = 0.20, L = 150; Landslide - P = 0.05, L = 300; Drought - P = 0.15, L = 120. The risk score for each hazard is defined as \(R = P \times L\). If the government can implement a mitigation measure for only one hazard, which reduces its probability by 40 %, which hazard should be selected to achieve the greatest reduction in expected loss? State the hazard name.
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Geography Question 40. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
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