Respuesta :

I believe you would calculate this like so;

We want 18% less than 100% of that amount therefore the single multiplier we would use is as follows:

(100% - 18%) = 82% 

Which alternatively = 0.82

Does that make sense? If not I can explain it a bit more. Please let me know. 

Answer:

0.82

Step-by-step explanation:

We are asked to find the single multiplier used to show an amount decreased by 18%.

Since amount is decreasing by 18%, this means that 82% (100-18) of the amount is remaining.

The multiplier will be in decimal form, so we will convert 82% to decimal as:

[tex]\frac{82}{100}=0.82[/tex]

Therefore, our required single multiplier is 0.82.