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If 16 individuals in a laboratory population of 80 fruit flies died during a specified time interval, say two weeks, the death rate in this population during this period is

A)  \[16/(80\times 2)\]

B)  \[16\times 2/80\]

C)  \[8\times 7/40\times 2\]

D)  \[(80/16)\times 2\]