The population of a city decreases by 3.7% per year. If this year's population is pp, which expression represents next year's population?

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asked Dec 20, 2023 89.3k views

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Gweg · Answer 1 · 2023-12-27T19:41:53+0000

Given data:

The rate at which the population is decreases is r=3.7%.

The expression for the population in the next year is,

$\begin{gathered} y=1p-(3.7)/(100)p \\ =1p-0.037p \end{gathered}$

Thus, the first option is correct.