Footware manufacturing is projected to decrease output by 8.4% from 2006 to 2016. if footware manufacturing had 1.8 billion dollars of output in 2006, approximately how much output is expected in 2016

Since the manufacturing company is expected to have a lower output by 8.4%, the output in 2016 will only be 91.6%. Given also that their output in 2006 is 1.8 billion dollars, we multiply this value by the decimal equivalent of 91.6% to determine the answer. That is,
                          projected output in 2016 = ($1.8 B) x (0.916)
                                                                 = $1.6488 B
Thus, the expected output in 2016 is approximately $1.6488 B.