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Example Question #1 :Rank Size Rule
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a country has a population of 1,000,000, then the fourth largest city in that country would have a population of approximately__________.
The rank size rule states that thelargest city in a given country will haveof the population of the largest city in that country. If the largest city has a population 1,000,000, and we want to know the population of the fourth largest city, it will haveof the population of the largest city.of 1,000,000 is 250,000 people.
Example Question #2 :Rank Size Rule
The rank-size rule is related to the size of which of the following answer choices?
The income-level of the different populations within cities
Ethnic populations within cities
Cities
All of these
Urban neighborhoods
Cities
The “rank-size rule” is related to the relative size of cities. According to the rank-size rule, there should be a larger number of small cities than bigger cities. Also, this rule predicts that the larger a city’s population is then the fewer number of cities there should be in the surrounding area with a similar population.