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The population of a city increases by 
4% per year. If this year's population is 
p, which expression represents next year's population?

1.004 p

1.04 p

4p

0.04 p

The population of a city increases by 4% 4 \% per year. If this year's population is p p , which expression represents next year's population?\newline1.004p 1.004 p \newline1.04p 1.04 p \newline4p 4 p \newline0.04p 0.04 p

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Q. The population of a city increases by 4% 4 \% per year. If this year's population is p p , which expression represents next year's population?\newline1.004p 1.004 p \newline1.04p 1.04 p \newline4p 4 p \newline0.04p 0.04 p
  1. Rephrase Question: First, let's rephrase the "What expression represents the population of a city next year if it increases by 4%4\% from this year's population pp?"
  2. Calculate Percentage Increase: To find next year's population, we need to increase this year's population by 4%4\%. An increase of 4%4\% means the population will be 100%100\% of the current population plus an additional 4%4\%. In terms of a decimal multiplier, this is 11 (which represents the current 100%100\%) plus 0.040.04 (which represents the additional 4%4\%).
  3. Calculate Next Year's Population: To calculate the expression for next year's population, we add 11 and 0.040.04 to get 1.041.04. Therefore, the expression for next year's population is 1.041.04 times this year's population, pp.
  4. Final Expression: The correct expression that represents next year's population is 1.04p1.04 p. This means that the population will be 104%104\% of this year's population.

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