Question

Could someone give me a Percent Change formula? Will give medal c:
(I looked one up but It didn't get the answer)

Answer 1

Say you have an item worth $100

Then the item increases to $125

The change in value is 125 - 100 = 25 dollars

Then you divide that by the initial value: 25/100 = 0.25

So the percent change is 25% (this is a percent increase of 25%)

Answer 2

In general, the formula is

Answer 3

Oh well the one I tried at first was similar, just messed up. Thanks for the help!

Answer 4

If the new value happens to be smaller than the old value, then the "(new value) - (old value)" will be negative. This points to a negative percent which reflects a percentage decrease.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

And $w3G I would've given you one, but I can only give one medal out xD

Answer 7

its fine

Answer 8

Oh okay thank you Jim.