Which statement about population growth is true?
A) If the per capita birth rate and the death rate remain constant,the population will grow additively.
B) A population growing additively will not have a consistent doubling time.
C) With additive growth,populations generate large numbers much more quickly than they do with multiplicative growth.
D) The series 10,15,20,25,30,35 represents multiplicative growth.
E) The series 1,2,4,8,16,32,64 represents additive growth.

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A population growing additively increases by a constant amount each period, so it does not have a consistent doubling time, unlike multiplicative growth which increases by a constant factor.

Which Statement About Population Growth Is True