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How is fresh water both a renewable and a limited resource?

Answer 1

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Since freshwater has a cycle and can be used repeatedly, it is considered a renewable resource. On the other hand, less than 3% of the world's water is fresh, and over 75% of that freshwater is kept in reserve in glaciers and ice caps.

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Answer 2

Connor Anderson

Fresh water is considered a renewable resource because it is continuously replenished through the water cycle, primarily by precipitation. However, it is also a limited resource because only a small percentage of the Earth's water is fresh water, and not all of it is easily accessible or usable due to contamination or geographic distribution.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.