Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below. Choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Annual growth rate reflects the pace at which population increases in a given year. Reason (R): A 2% annual growth rate means two new persons are added per 100 persons in the base population.
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Assertion (A): The annual growth rate of population is the change in population over a year expressed as a percentage of the population at the start of that year. It therefore shows how fast a population is increasing in a given year, so A is true.
Reason (R): Since the rate is a percentage of the base population, a 2% annual growth rate means 2 persons are added for every 100 persons in the base population during the year, so R is true.
R explains exactly how the growth rate measures that pace (as additions per 100 of the base population), so R is the correct explanation of A.
Hence, both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
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