Neco 2018 Geography Question 13

Practice objective / multiple choice question 13 from the 2018 Neco Geography examination.

Neco 2018 Geography Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 13 NECO • 2018 • GEOGRAPHY • objective

A specialized hospital serves surrounding villages according to the utility function \(U = 80 - 15\log_{10} d\), where \(d\) is the distance in kilometres from the village to the hospital. A village will use the hospital only if \(U \ge 50\). The villages are uniformly distributed with a density of 0.02 villages per square kilometre. Determine the maximum distance (in km) from which a village will use the hospital and estimate the total number of villages that can be served.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. Maximum distance 100 km; about 628 villages are served.
B. Maximum distance 80 km; about 500 villages are served.
C. Maximum distance 90 km; about 560 villages are served.
D. Maximum distance 120 km; about 800 villages are served.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
Maximum distance 100 km; about 628 villages are served.

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This is Neco 2018 Geography Question 13. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Neco Geography examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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