Practice question · Estimate
Household multipliers for medieval hearth taxes are usually estimated between 4.0 and 5.5. Using 5.5, what population would 400 hearths give?
Estimate on a scale from 1400 to 2600.
Hints
- Multiply the number of hearths by the assumed household size.
- The higher multiplier is used here.
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2200 people (answers within ±100 count)
Why
Two thousand two hundred, versus 1,600 at the low multiplier. Same 400 hearths, same document, 600 people of difference produced by nothing but a choice of assumption. This is why the honest output is a range, not a point.
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