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question 11

Multiple Choice

Figure 14.9.2: Pollution Compared to a Country's Wealth
-This figure indicates that starting to enrich the majority of the world's population will have the immediate result of

• A) first decreasing but then increasing population growth.
• B) increasing population growth.
• C) increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂).
• D) decreasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂).
• E) decreasing population growth.

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