If living standards in a country, as measured by output per person, decrease, then total output must have:
A)increased more rapidly than population increased.
B)increased at the same rate that population increased.
C)increased more slowly than population increased.
D)decreased more slowly than population decreased.

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Because of population growth, improvements in the general standard of living are measured by output per person. So a nation's living standards will decrease if total output is growing slower than the population is increasing or if total output is decreasing faster than the population is decreasing.

If Living Standards in a Country, as Measured by Output