Using the rank-size rule,a country's fourth largest city is expected to be about a ________ of the size of the largest city.
A) half
B) two-thirds
C) one-third
D) one quarter
E) one-sixteenth

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According to the rank-size rule, the population of a city is inversely proportional to its rank. Therefore, the fourth largest city would be 1/4 the size of the largest city.

Using the Rank-Size Rule,a Country's Fourth Largest City Is Expected