Korean Political History I: Chapter 5, Exercise 2 — Possible Solution
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TASK
Write a careful sentence about the Bodo League massacre using the chapter's
figure, and explain why "about 130,000" would be wrong.

SENTENCE
"One reference summary says South Korean authorities executed between 60,000
and 200,000 suspected communists in the Bodo League massacre; I found no
second source, and the range is too wide to give a single total."

WHY "ABOUT 130,000" WOULD BE WRONG
- It is the midpoint of the range (60,000 + 200,000) / 2, a number nobody
  reported.
- It hides how uncertain the estimate is: the upper end is more than three
  times the lower end.
- It implies a precision the source does not claim.

RULE
Give the range, name the source, and say what you did not check (who ordered
the killings, where, and how the range was derived).