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A population of 25,000 rabbits experiences 4,000 births in a year. what is that population's birth rate for that year?

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the formula to calculate population's birth rate is:

Number of Births/total population

= 4000 births / 25,000

= 16 %

Considering that rabbits commonly has more than 1 mates and has an average of 50% chance of dying, this number is really low.
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