The population of a city decreases by 2.2% per year. What should we multiply the current population by to find next year's population in one step?Answer:
Q. The population of a city decreases by 2.2% per year. What should we multiply the current population by to find next year's population in one step?Answer:
Subtract percentage from 100: To find the multiplier that represents a 2.2% decrease, we need to subtract 2.2% from 100% to see what percentage of the population will remain.Calculation: 100%−2.2%=97.8%
Convert percentage to decimal: Now we need to convert the percentage to a decimal to use it as a multiplier.Calculation: 97.8%=10097.8=0.978
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