Provide an Appropriate Response

question 90

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-Consider a population that begins growing exponentially at a base rate of 2% per year and then follows a logistic growth pattern. If the carrying capacity is 41 million, find the actual growth rate
When the population is 14 million.

• A)1.19%
• B)1.49%
• C)1.41%
• D)1.32%

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ESC (Expected Shortage per Cycle)

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