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Flowersa Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Equal

It is correct to understand here equal as Equivalent?

In order to respect the democratic principle of "one person-one vote" Canada electoral system districts are designed to be roughly equal in population.
  

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No. When we talk about two numbers that are the same, we say they are equal, not equivalent . Clive

  • No.
  • When we talk about two numbers that are the same, we say they are equal, not equivalent .
  • Clive
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No.

When we talk about two numbers that are the same, we say they are equal, not equivalent.

Clive
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Hi Clive it is correct that equal refer to "size" of the population?
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electoral system districts are designed to be roughly equal in population.

This means that they all have roughly the same number of people.

[ about 100,000 ]

Clive

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