document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1033837>Question 1033837</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A country has a birth rate of 4.3 thousand, annual death rate of 2.1 per thousand, an immigration rate of 2.3 thousand and an emigration rate out of the country of 1.2 per thousand annually.  Calculate the annual growth rate of the country's population.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #649346 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=649346\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Well, if I understand you, we have two factors that add to the population and two which subtract from the population, all given in numbers per thousand.  Thus we add these together algebraically (using signs)...we get...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+4.3 - 2.1 + 2.3 - 1.2 = 3.3 per thousand growth rate annually </SPAN>\n" );
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