Hello! The answer is definitely not C or D, because that's way too i God an increase for this type of setting. It increased by around 20%, because when 35 and 29 are divided and you multiply the decimal by 100, when you ignore the "1" at the front, it shows an approximate 20% increase. The answer is A.
Selection C is appropriate.
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A. The population is constant at 8.
B. The population is constant at 24.
C. Matches the problem description.
D. The initial population is 24 and after 1 hour is 72.
There is nothing in the space. If there were, then the space would not be blank.
