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AAge charts
BSex ratios
CQuadrats
DLife tables
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Life tables
1. Demography borrowed one of its tools from industry.
2. Life tables detail the life expectancy of individuals within a population.
3. They were initially developed by life insurance companies.
4. The companies used them to set insurance rates.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 45 'Population and Community Ecology', sections 45.1-45.4_
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