Professor Livingston tells her students to subtract the crude death rate from the crude birth rate and to divide the difference by 10. The students are learning to calculate the:

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The rate of natural increase is calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate and often expressed per 1000 individuals per year. Dividing by 10 in this context adjusts the scale, but the concept remains the same.

Professor Livingston Tells Her Students to Subtract the Crude Death