A nation's average annual real GDP growth rate is 2.5%. Based on the "rule of 70", the approximate number of years that it would take for this nation's real GDP to double is:

A.  175 years
B.  40 years
C.  28 years
D.  17.5 years


C.  28 years

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Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD1 to AD2 the result in the long run would be:

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