SAT Question 5ff1ba73: Answer & Explanation

Guilds in French Cities in the Late Eighteenth Century
City	Date	Inhabitants	Number of guilds	Inhabitants per guild
Paris	$1766$	$600, 000$	$133$	$4, 511$
Bordeaux	$1762$	$80, 000$	$49$	$1, 633$
Rouen	$1775$	$74, 000$	$112$	$661$
Lyon	$1789$	$143, 000$	$72$	$1, 986$

Guilds—local associations of artisans and merchants in the same industry—were widespread in France from the medieval period until the late eighteenth century. But guilds were much more numerous relative to the population in some cities than in others: for example, ______

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Difficulty:Medium

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

there were 49 guilds in Bordeaux but 72 guilds in Lyon despite the two cities having nearly equal numbers of inhabitants.

Lyon had far fewer inhabitants than Paris did but had many more guilds.

there was one guild for every 661 inhabitants in Rouen but one guild for every 4,511 inhabitants in Paris.

Paris had 133 guilds and 600,000 inhabitants, or one guild for every 4,511 inhabitants.

SAT Question 5ff1ba73: Command Of Evidence answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong