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by Akansha » Sun May 29, 2011 10:29 am
A city with population 132000 is to be divided into 11 voting districts, and
no district is to have a population that is more than 10% greater than population of
any other district. What is minimum possible population of the least populated
district?
a. 10700
b. 10800
c. 10900
d. 11000
e. 11100

OA is D
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun May 29, 2011 11:22 am
Akansha wrote:A city with population 132000 is to be divided into 11 voting districts, and
no district is to have a population that is more than 10% greater than population of
any other district. What is minimum possible population of the least populated
district?
a. 10700
b. 10800
c. 10900
d. 11000
e. 11100
Hi!

Here's a thread in which I solved this question via backsolving:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/gprep-t13262.html

Here's another thread that has a nice algebraic solution:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/problem-from ... 13457.html

Enjoy!
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