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Question
Our resources cannot keep pace with the ever increasing population. Give three examples in support of this statement.
Solution
- With the growing number of people there is insufficient food as growth in population is in geometric progression whereas increase in food production is in arithmetic progression.
- There is a corresponding lack of housing, recreational facilities, clinics and hospitals to cope with the ever-increasing population.
- There is limited land for factories and industries so there is unemployment due to ever- increasing population.
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