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If there are 250 snails in a pond, and within a year their number increases to 2500 by reproduction. What should be their birth rate per snail per year?
BiologyOrganisms and PopulationsNEETNEET 2023 (Manipur)
Options:
  • A $25$
  • B $15$
  • C $10$
  • D $9$
Solution:
1690 Upvotes Verified Answer
The correct answer is: $9$
Birth rate $=\frac{\Delta \mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{N} \Delta \mathrm{t}}$
Here, $\quad N=250$
$\Delta t=1$ year
$\Delta N=2500-250$
$=2250$
Birth rate $=\frac{2250}{250 \times 1}$
$=9$

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