A city with a population of 97,500 is to be divided into 6 voting districts, and no district is to have a population that is more than 10 percent greater than the population of any other district. What is the minimum possible population that the least populated district could have?	Choose one:
A) 15,000
B) 15,500
C) 16,000
D) 16,500
E) 17,000
The minimum possible population occurs when all the other districts have a population that is 10% greater than the least populated district.   Let p be the population of the least populated district.   Then 97,500 = p + 5(1.1)p   6.5p=97,5000   p = 15,000   The answer is 15,000.
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A city with a population of 97,500 is to be divided into 6 voting districts, and no district is to have a population that is more than 10 percent greater than the population of any other district. What is the minimum possible population that the least populated district could have?