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justinmsk

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If a country has a low life expectancy (say, 30 or 35), this is attributable to the fact that:
 
  a. nobody lives to old age in the country.
  b. there is a high fertility rate in that country.
  c. there is a high rate of infant mortality in that country.
  d. there is a high suicide rate in that country.

Question 2

If the birth rate of the world were 30 births per 1,000 population and the death rate were 10 deaths per 1,000 population, the rate of natural increase would be:
 
  a. 1.0.
  b. 1.6.
  c. 2.0.
  d. 2.4.



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AISCAMPING

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c




justinmsk

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Reply 2 on: Jul 1, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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