There are three equally-sized distinct subpopulations in Utopolis: unemployed, workers, and retirees. There are four possible social states which result in different utility levels for the three subpopulations:. Social
A125010
B202020
C151515
D1401
a. Which social states might plausibly be chosen by the government of Utopolis? And Why?
b. There is a government election in Utopolis with two candidates: a Rawlsian and a Utilitarian candidate. Each candidate promises to enact one of the social states above. If the majority of citizens elect the candidate, which social state will be enacted?

A) social state A and social state D

B) Social state D

Explanation:

A) The social states that might be chosen by the government are

State A  and State D  : Because it has a reasonable number of active worker that are far greater than the unemployed and Retirees and this means that there is a reasonable amount of income  in the social states and the data from other social states looks quite Fraudulent because there is no way the unemployed = workers and also = Retirees

B) The social state that will most likely be enacted is Social state D and this is due to the High ratio of Active workers compared to the unemployed and retirees

there's 11 people for the 1st position. then, no matter who gets it, there's only 10 left for the second, and then 9 left for the third. 11 x 10 x 9 = 990.   the answer is there are 990 different ways the positions can be filled by these applicants