Question

The company "The Diligent Builder" is engaged in stockpiling trees in a magical forest in Canada. A nature protection association called "The Green Avenger" wants to protect the forest and opposes the company's activity. As a result, the company's CEO said the following sentence:

"`99%` of the trees in the forest are maple trees. In the coming year, we are going to cut down only maple trees, and as a result, the percentage of maple trees in the forest in a year will become `98%`."

What percentage of the trees in the forest do the Diligent Builders intend to cut down?