The population of a city decreases by 5% per year. If this year's population is p, which expression represents next year's population?0.995p0.95p5p0.05p
Q. The population of a city decreases by 5% per year. If this year's population is p, which expression represents next year's population?0.995p0.95p5p0.05p
Find Expression: We need to find the expression that represents the population of the city next year after a decrease of 5%. To do this, we will calculate the remaining population after a 5% decrease.
Calculate Remaining Population: A 5% decrease means that 95% of the population remains. To find 95% of the current population p, we multiply p by 95% or 0.95.
Population of City Next Year: The expression that represents 95% of p is 0.95×p. This is the population of the city next year.
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