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Over three years a district's public health staff kept a record of the homes they visited and the homes in which they found at least one water container standing uncovered: year 1, 4,000 homes visited and 1,200 with an uncovered container; year 2, 5,000 visited and 1,250 such homes; year 3, 6,000 visited and 1,320 such homes. Which of the following is best supported by the record?

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  • AThe staff visited fewer homes in each year than in the year before
  • BThe number of homes found with an uncovered container rose in each year, while the share of visited homes in which one was found fell in each year
  • CBy year 3 fewer than a fifth of the homes visited had an uncovered container
  • DIn year 3 the staff visited every home in the district

Step-by-Step Solution

The counts run 1,200, 1,250 and 1,320, which rises, while the shares run 30, 25 and 22 per cent, which falls — the two move opposite ways because the number of visits grew faster. Visits rose rather than fell; 22 per cent in year 3 is above a fifth, not below it; and nothing in the record says how many homes the district holds.
Answer: B) The number of homes found with an uncovered container rose in each year, while the share of visited homes in which one was found fell in each year

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