The birth rate in a population of 400 feral cats is 100 per year.The death rate in this same population is 40 per year.The per capita growth rate of this population of feral cats is ___ per cat per year.

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The per capita growth rate can be calculated as follows:

Per capita growth rate = (birth rate - death rate) / population size

Plugging in the given values, we get:

Per capita growth rate = (100 - 40) / 400
Per capita growth rate = 60 / 400
Per capita growth rate = 0.15

Therefore, the per capita growth rate of this population of feral cats is 0.15 per cat per year. The correct answer is C.

The Birth Rate in a Population of 400 Feral Cats