Question

According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a region has a population size of 900,000, then the third largest city will have a population of

Answer 1

approximately 300,000.

The rank-size rule states that the population size of a city is inversely proportional to its rank in the hierarchy of cities in a region. In other words, if the largest city has a population of 900,000, the second largest city will have a population of approximately 450,000, the third largest city will have a population of approximately 300,000, and so on. This pattern holds true for many regions around the world, although there are always some exceptions and variations.