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A country's growth rate is 0.5 percent. According to the Rule of 70, what is its approximate doubling time?

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Correct answer: 140 years

The Rule of 70 gives a quick estimate of the time needed for a growing population to double. Its formula is doubling time approximately equal to 70 divided by the annual growth rate expressed as a percentage. The rate must be used as 0.5, not as the decimal 0.005, because the rule already expects a percentage number.

Substitute the given rate: doubling time ≈ 70 ÷ 0.5 = 140 years. Therefore, option D is correct. The result also makes sense conceptually: a growth rate of only half a percent is slow, so doubling takes a long time. A result of 70 years would correspond to a growth rate near 1 percent, while 35 years would correspond to about 2 percent. The Rule of 70 is an approximation and assumes a roughly constant rate.

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Doubling TimeRule Of 70Slow GrowthPopulation CalculationPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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