College student jerry says disease, natural disasters, and even war serve a greater purpose. his friends say his views are offensive, and jerry replies, "but i’m a malthusian! " along with thomas malthus, jerry believes that the benefit of problems that wipe out large number of humans is that:

the decreased pressure on the food supply reduces starvation and misery or the decrease demand on limited resources reduces starvation and poverty.

Explanation:

The natural decrease of population that occurs when there are natural disasters according to Malthus is a great advantage in reducing a demand that an ever increasing population puts on limited resources.

Malthus calls this a positive check because he believes we need some sort of intervention if we don't want to face a situation whereby we will end up outstripping the available resources or face a situation where the available resources can't meet our needs or can't cover the available number of population.

thomas jefferson

explanation:

a. formula: f=ma or f/m=a

10,000n/1,267kg≈7.9m/

b. formula: a= and s=d/t

speed= 394.6/15

s=26.3m/s

a=

a=1.75m/

c. 7.9-1.75=difference of 6.15m/

d. the force that most likely caused this difference is friction forces