According to the rank size rule,the largest city in an urban system should have ________ people if the fourth largest city had 1 million.
A) 4 million
B) 2 million

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The rank size rule states that in an urban system, the population of cities will be inversely proportional to their rank (i.e. the largest city will have the largest population, the second largest city will have half the population of the largest city, the third largest city will have one-third the population of the largest city, etc.). If the fourth largest city has a population of 1 million, then the largest city should have a population of 4 million (since 4 is the reciprocal of 1/4, which is the rank of the largest city in the system). Therefore, choice A is the best answer.

According to the Rank Size Rule,the Largest City in an Urban