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If a city's population grows by 10 percent while water-supply capacity increases by only 2 percent, what is the most likely outcome?

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Correct answer: Pressure on per-capita water capacity will increase

Water-supply capacity is a resource limit, while population determines how many people may need that resource. Here population rises by 10%, but capacity rises by only 2%. Therefore the number of people grows much faster than the available supply. If ordinary consumption patterns remain broadly similar, the capacity available for each person will come under greater pressure.

The comparison is also clear numerically: if the initial population is 100 and capacity is 100 units, the new population is 110 but capacity is only 102 units. Capacity per person falls from 1 unit to about \(102\div110\), or 0.93 unit. Thus option A is the most likely outcome. The question does not claim that actual supply must fall, only that per-person capacity faces greater pressure.

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Water SupplyPopulation PressureUrban GrowthPer Capita CapacityPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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