Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Government Question 31

Practice objective / multiple choice question 31 from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.

Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Government Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 31 NECO_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2020 • GOVERNMENT • objective

The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria was amended several times up to the end of 2020. The years in which the amendments were enacted form an arithmetic sequence. The first amendment occurred in 2002 and the last amendment occurred in 2018. In 1999, 55 % of the electorate supported the adoption of the constitution; by 2020 this support had risen to 68 %. The number of registered voters in 1999 was 30 million and grew by 2 % per year compounded. Assuming the linear increase in support and the compounded growth in the electorate, (a) what was the average annual increase in support (in percentage points, to two decimal places), and (b) how many supporters were there in 2020 (rounded to the nearest thousand)?

Answer Options

A. 0.58 pp, 31 200 000
B. 0.60 pp, 31 050 000
Correct Answer C. 0.62 pp, 30 920 000
D. 0.66 pp, 30 500 000
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
0.62 pp, 30 920 000

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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Government Question 31. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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