Assuming that the number of researchers in R&D per million Researchers in R&D (per million people)

people in France in 2015 will decrease by at least 10% compared

to 2014, but will not fall below the 2006 level, how many Country 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
researchers per million people will there be in France in 2015? Argentina 701 688 886 1121 1202
Belgium 2701 2959 3281 3736 4176
Bulgaria 1472 1172 1356 1482 1833
China 387 631 932 903 1113
A. 3,103 Cyprus 346 609 987 1078 1048
Spain 1501 1993 2600 2889 2642
B. 3,415 France 2645 3103 3418 3868 4169
Source: www.data.worldbank.org
C. 3,749

D. 3,758

E. 3,861
Explanation:
Data interpretation:
From the table we need the data for France in 2006. We will also use all the data provided by the question.

Reasoning:
The data provided by the question suggests that we can only determine an interval for the possible number of researchers
in France in 2015.
The minimum value of this interval will be the data of France in 2006 from the table, the maximum value will be the 90% of
the number of researchers per million people in France in 2014.

Calculation:
The number of researchers in R&D per million people in France in 2014: 4,169.
The number of researchers per million people in France in 2015 is less or equal to the 90% of 4,169 = 3,752.1 ≈ 3,752
The number of researchers per million people in France in 2015 is more or equal to the data of 2006: 3,418
So we are looking for a value for which it is true: 3,418 ≤ x ≤ 3,752.