A percent of decrease (percentage decrease) is when a value is reduced by a percentage of its original amount.
e.g. 100 decreased by 15 percent is 85.
A percent of increase (percentage increase) is when a value in increased by a percentage of its original amount.
e.g. 100 increased by 15 percent is 115.
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∙ 2011-02-17 21:29:23Wiki User
∙ 2015-11-04 19:54:55That means how much something increases or decreases, expressed as a percentage - compared with the original amount. For example, if something increases from 300 units to 360 units, the increase is 60 units, or 20%, since the difference (60) is 20% of 300.
percent increase and decrease is how much percent it had increased from a certain amount of number, like discounts and markups
The percent in the decrease of 25 to 20 = 20%
70% decrease.
This is a decrease of 12%
It is a 40% decrease.
88.3721% decrease.
220% increase
60% decrease
There will be an overall increase in the first number.
An increase of 12.5%
Percent Change!
-- If it's an increase, thenNext year = (This year) x (0.01) x (100 + the percent increase).-- If it's a decrease, thenNext year = (This year) x (0.01) x (100 - the percent decrease) .