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by BTGmoderatorRO » Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:56 am
A certain city with population of 132,000 is to be divided into 11 voting districts, and no district is to have a population that is more than 10 percent grater than the population of any other district. What is the minimum possible population that the least populated district could have?

A. $$^{10^9}$$
B. $$^{10^8}$$
C.$$^{10^7}$$
D. $$^{10^6}$$
E. $$^{10^5}$$

OA is C

Pls, can an Expert give a mathematical breakdown to this question?Thanks
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:00 am
Roland2rule wrote:A certain city with population of 132,000 is to be divided into 11 voting districts, and no district is to have a population that is more than 10 percent grater than the population of any other district. What is the minimum possible population that the least populated district could have?

A. $$^{10^9}$$
B. $$^{10^8}$$
C.$$^{10^7}$$
D. $$^{10^6}$$
E. $$^{10^5}$$

OA is C

Pls, can an Expert give a mathematical breakdown to this question?Thanks
Hi Roland2rule,

Looks like you accidentally pasted in the question from your previous post (but with different answer choices).

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Brent
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