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If the population growth rate is high, what is generally true about doubling time?

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Correct answer: Shorter

Doubling time is the period required for a population to become twice its present size. When the growth rate is higher, the population adds people more quickly in each period, so it reaches twice its starting size sooner. When the growth rate is lower, the same doubling requires more time. Thus doubling time and growth rate generally move in opposite directions.

For a positive growth rate, a commonly used approximation is doubling time ≈ \(70\div r\), where \(r\) is the percentage growth rate. The exact value is not required here; the relationship is enough. Therefore, a high growth rate means a shorter doubling time, so option B is correct. “Unrelated to growth rate” is incorrect because the rate directly affects how quickly the population doubles.

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High Growth RateShort Doubling TimePopulation DoublingDemographyPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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