If a resource is nonrenewable and we use 2 percent of its supply per year,

a. it will gradually be depleted
b. its supply will be constant regardless of use because it has the nonrenewability property
c. it will become renewable as its supply approaches zero
d. it could never be depleted because 2 percent of a diminishing supply is an increasing amount
e. it will decrease at a diminishing rate so that its supply will approach its initial quantity


A

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