The President of the World Bank Has Asked You to Calculate

question 10

Multiple Choice

The president of the World Bank has asked you to calculate the average population growth rate of Hungary from 1970 to 2010. You know the population in 1970 was about 10.4 million and in 2010 about 9.5 million. The average growth rate is about:

• A) 0.2 percent
• B) -0.2 percent
• C) 98.4 percent
• D) 2.7 percent
• E) -200 percent

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