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What was Malthus’s theory about population?

Correct answer D. Increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically

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Malthus argued that population tends to grow geometrically (1, 2, 4, 8) while food output grows only arithmetically (1, 2, 3, 4), so population outruns subsistence.

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