Approximately how many residents live in each garbage collection zone?

• A. 29,234
• B. 58,079
• C. 94,055
• D. 11,616

Answer: (D)

When you want to know how many people live in each garbage collection zone, think in terms of distribution of population across zones. The typical approach is to aggregate the total population within each zone, then compare that to the number of zones to get a sense of the per-zone population.

If the dataset contains four zones and the total population across all zones is about 46,464, the average per zone is 46,464 ÷ 4 = 11,616. That aligns with the option around 11,616, making it the best approximate value for residents per zone.

In a GIS/FME workflow, you’d sum the resident counts within each zone (group by Zone ID or zone polygon, then sum), and you could verify by dividing the total population by the number of zones to get the mean per zone. The larger numbers would imply a much higher total population across all zones, which doesn’t fit the given context of this dataset.