Neco 2019 Geography Question 14
Practice objective / multiple choice question 14 from the 2019 Neco Geography examination.
A town had a population of 150,000 in the year 2010. Between 2010 and 2015 the natural increase (births minus deaths) contributed an average annual growth rate of 2.4\% per year, while net migration contributed an unknown average annual growth rate \(r\)\%. By the end of 2015 the population was recorded as 176,000. Assuming the two growth components act simultaneously and compound annually, determine the value of \(r\) (expressed as a percentage to two decimal places).
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This is Neco 2019 Geography Question 14. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Neco Geography examination.
Difficulty level: Medium .
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