Percent Increase= (New Amount - Original Amount)/Original Amount
Example:
New amount: 200
Original amount:5
(200 - 5)/5
(195)/5 = 39% increase
Percent Decrease = ? Someone edit this part ;)
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This is a 39.5349% increase which rounds to 39.5%
Identify the percent of change as an increase or a decrease.120 meals to 52 meals
Whether the change is an increase or decrease . . . -- Divide the new number by the original number. -- Multiply the result by 100. -- Subtract 100. -- Now you have the percent of change.
% change is the % of increase or % of decrease. % change = (difference of the two values / the original value) x 100% =[(original value - new value)/original value] x 100% % increase -if the value increased % decrease -if the value decreased
The decrease from 60 to 54 is: 10%