In a demographic study, the population and total income ...

[II]

Please find attached the question.

I am more interested in the various ways people tackled/approached this question instead of the final answer.

Thanks.
II

[Ian Stewart]

I've seen this question before on this forum, and I've always thought it was a bit of a ridiculous question. We have information about estimates of income and population, but are the estimates accurate? We have no idea. I can't imagine seeing a real GMAT question worded in this way- instead, it would more likely say:

1) The population is greater than...
2) The total income is greater than...

Still, the answer is E regardless of the wording- you would need the upper limit on the population and the lower limit on total income to get the minimum possible per capita income (per capita income = total income/population).

Anyway, I'm curious about the source of the question.

[II]

thanks for the input Ian.

This question is actually written by GMAC. It comes from the GMATFocus Quant Diagnostic test which comes from GMAC. (www.gmatfocus.com).

[Ian Stewart]

This question is actually written by GMAC. It comes from the GMATFocus Quant Diagnostic test which comes from GMAC. (www.gmatfocus.com).

Thanks, II. I haven't yet encountered the question in GMATFocus. A strange question!