n Development Report gives the following data for real GDP per person in​ 2018: China,​ $15,270; Russia,​ $24,233; Canada,​ $43,433; United​ States, $54,941.    Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 in​ Canada, 78.8 in the United​ States, 76.6 in​ China, and 72.3 in Russia.    Freedom House rates political freedom each​ year, and its ratings are as​ follows: Canada,​ 1.0; the United​ States, 1.5;​ Russia, 6.5; and​ China, 6.5​ ((1.0 is the most free and 7.0 is the least​ free).      How do life expectancy at birth and political freedom change the relative ranking of living standards that real GDP per person​ indicate?   A. They​ don't change the relative ranking because they rank countries in a similar way as real GDP per person ranks them.   B.

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The United Nations Human Development Report gives the following data for real GDP per person in​ 2018: China,​ $15,270; Russia,​ $24,233; Canada,​ $43,433; United​ States, $54,941.
  
Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 in​ Canada, 78.8 in the United​ States, 76.6 in​ China, and 72.3 in Russia.
  
Freedom House rates political freedom each​ year, and its ratings are as​ follows: Canada,​ 1.0; the United​ States, 1.5;​ Russia, 6.5; and​ China, 6.5​ ((1.0 is the most free and 7.0 is the least​ free).
 
  
How do life expectancy at birth and political freedom change the relative ranking of living standards that real GDP per person​ indicate?
 
A.
They​ don't change the relative ranking because they rank countries in a similar way as real GDP per person ranks them.
 
B.
They completely reverse the relative ranking because they rank countries exactly opposite to the way that real GDP per person ranks them.
 
C.
They​ don't change the relative ranking of Canada and the United States but they lower the ranking of Russia and China.
 
D.
They​ don't change the relative ranking of Russia and China but they raise the ranking of Canada and the United States.
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