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A population started with 100 individuals. There were 14 birth, 20 deaths, and new individuals immigrated into the population. As a percentage, what rate did the population change?

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Answer: -6%

Explanation: you take the formula

r (growth rate) = Births (B) - Deaths (D) /

population

So that would be r = 14 - 20 /

100

so the growth rate was -6% Sorry about the formatting :/

User Subhash Dike
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