Neco 2020 Civic Education Question 47

Practice objective / multiple choice question 47 from the 2020 Neco Civic Education examination.

Neco 2020 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 47 NECO • 2020 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

Two ethnic groups, A and B, currently receive \(40\%\) and \(60\%\) respectively of the river water allocated to the region. A peace committee proposes that each group's new allocation be set to the geometric mean of the two current percentages. a) Determine the new allocation (to one decimal place) for each group. b) Does this proposal reduce the absolute disparity between the groups compared with the original situation? Answer "yes" or "no".

Answer Options

A. Each group would receive 55.0 % of the water, and yes, the disparity is reduced.
B. Each group would receive 45.0 % of the water, and yes, the disparity is reduced.
C. Each group would receive 49.0 % of the water, and no, the disparity is not reduced.
Correct Answer D. Each group would receive 49.0 % of the water, and yes, the disparity is reduced.
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Each group would receive 49.0 % of the water, and yes, the disparity is reduced.

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This is Neco 2020 Civic Education Question 47. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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