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A country grows at 2 percent and would approximately double in 35 years by the Rule of 70. If the rate falls to 1 percent, what will the new approximate doubling time be?

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Correct answer: 70 years

The Rule of 70 gives an approximate doubling time by dividing 70 by the annual growth rate expressed as a percentage. This relationship shows that a lower growth rate requires more years to double. The starting example, 2 percent, gives approximately \(70 \div 2 = 35\) years. If the rate is reduced to half, the estimated doubling time becomes twice as long.

For a rate of 1 percent, the calculation is \(70 \div 1 = 70\) years. Therefore option C is correct. The answer is not 17.5 years, because that would correspond to a higher rate, and it is not 35 years because the rate has changed. This is an approximation, not an exact prediction, and it assumes a constant annual rate for the estimate.

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Rule Of 70Doubling TimeGrowth Rate ChangePopulation DynamicsPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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