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Question 1039214: In a country, in a decade, the population increased by 15.9%. If the increase in the urban population was 18% and that in the rural population was 4%, find the ratio of the urban to rural population at the beginning of the decade.
a) 5 : 1 b) 17 : 3 c) 10 : 3 d) 19 : 5 Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
