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vHAUNG6011

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Elephants are hunted illegally in Africa for ivory. If the current poaching experience is any guide, the number of elephants will decrease by half in about 25 years.
 
  If the elephant population in 1995 was 16,000, by what date would you expect the number to have decreased to 1000? a. 2011
  b. 2045
  c. 2070
  d. 2095
  e. 2120

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What difference to resource lifetimes does the state of the economy make? Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

A booming economy uses more materials than a stagnant economy, so in boom
economic times, extraction also booms.


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