Question

In 2014, the birthrate in Australia was 13 per 1000 people. In the same year,

the death rate in Australia was 7 per 1000 people. What was Australia's
approximate growth rate in 2014?
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A. A decrease of 2 per 1000 people
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B. An increase of 6 per 1000 people
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c. A decrease of 20 per 1000 people
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D. An increase of 91 per 1000 people
SUBMIT

Answer 1

B. An increase of 6 per 1000 people

Step-by-step explanation:

Birth rate of a population is the total live births that takes place per 1000 people in a population in a year. Death rate of a population is the total number of deaths that occur per 1000 people in a population.

A difference between the birth rate and death rate gives the growth rate of a population. Growth rate gives the number by which the population is increasing or decreasing. Here, the birthrate was 13 per 1000 people and death rate was 7 per 1000 people. So the net growth rate was an increase of 6 per 1000 people.

Answer 2

13 were born and 7 died.

The difference is: 13 - 7 = 6

The answer would be B. an increase of 6 per 1000 people.