A population of 100 individuals is undergoing exponential growth with a population doubling time of 1 year.What size will this population be in 2 years?

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Population doubling time is the time it takes for a population to double in size. In this case, the population doubling time is 1 year, which means that after 1 year, the population will be 200 (doubled from 100).

After another year, the population will double again to 400 individuals, making D the correct answer.

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