Which of the following best describes Thomas Malthus's theory on population growth?
a. Population increases at an exponential rate; subsistence increases at a linear rate.
b. Population and subsistence both increase at an arithmetic rate.
c. Population increases at an arithmetic rate; subsistence increases at a geometric rate.
d. Population will continue to grow until we reach the replacement fertility rate.
a
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A. the state. B. all of the elected officials in a country. C. the cabinet (made up of the prime minister and the other ministers).
In the Senate, who has right of first recognition?
a. the president of the Senate b. the president pro tempore c. the majority leader d. the majority whip
Both nominal and ordinal scales have in common the mathematical property of
A) a true zero. B) identity. C) magnitude. D) equal intervals.