helppp To find the population of a city next year, we multiply its current population by 0.971. By what percent does the population decrease per year?

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helppp          To find the population of a city next year, we multiply its current population by 0.971. By what percent does the population decrease per year?

jsinrod · Answer

i will give medals

KPalm · Answer

I'd imagine if you multiply by .971 you would get 97.1% of the previous year's population...how much less than 100% is this? That should give you how much of a decrease there was since it is the missing amount for the following year

KPalm · Answer

@jsinrod wrote:

i will give medals

You will, huh?