Suppose that the current (first) generation consists of 1 million people, half of whom are women. Assume the total fertility rate is 1.2 and the only way people die is of old age.   Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as a whole number. In parts b and c, round your answers to 2 decimal places.   a. How big will the fourth generation (the great-grandchildren) be?        ___ people   b. How much smaller (in percentage terms) is each generation than the previous generation?

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Suppose that the current (first) generation consists of 1 million people, half of whom are women. Assume the total fertility rate is 1.2 and the only way people die is of old age.

 

Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as a whole number. In parts b and c, round your answers to 2 decimal places.

 

a. How big will the fourth generation (the great-grandchildren) be?

 

     ___ people

 

b. How much smaller (in percentage terms) is each generation than the previous generation?

 

     ___ percent

 

c. How much smaller (in percentage terms) is the fourth generation than the first generation?

 

    ___  percent

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