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The population of a city decreases by 
1% per year. If this year's population is 
p, which expression represents next year's population?

0.99 p

0.999 p

0.01 p

1p

The population of a city decreases by 1% 1 \% per year. If this year's population is p p , which expression represents next year's population?\newline0.99p 0.99 p \newline0.999p 0.999 p \newline0.01p 0.01 p \newline1p 1 p

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Q. The population of a city decreases by 1% 1 \% per year. If this year's population is p p , which expression represents next year's population?\newline0.99p 0.99 p \newline0.999p 0.999 p \newline0.01p 0.01 p \newline1p 1 p
  1. Rephrase Problem: First, let's rephrase the "What expression represents the population of a city next year if it decreases by 1%1\% per year from this year's population pp?"
  2. Calculate Decrease: To find next year's population, we need to subtract the decrease from the current population. A decrease of 1%1\% means the population retains 100%1%=99%100\% - 1\% = 99\% of its current value.
  3. Convert to Decimal: To express 99%99\% as a decimal, we divide 9999 by 100100, which gives us 0.990.99.
  4. Population Expression: Therefore, next year's population can be represented by multiplying this year's population pp by 0.990.99. The expression for next year's population is 0.99p0.99p.

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