Two leaves A and B have surface area 50 cm² and 100 cm², respectively. They both increase their surface area by 5 cm² in a day. The absolute growth rate;

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Answer: is 5 cm² per day. — Since both leaf A and B increased their surface area by the same total amount 5 cm2 , in the same time period, both have same absolute growth rate i.e. 5 cm2 per day. Their relative growth rate is 0.1

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