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Percentage Change from 57 to 52

From 57 to 52 is a 8.7719% decrease

Change
-8.7719%
Difference
-5
New ÷ old
0.912281
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 52 − 57 = -5
  2. Divide by the starting value: -5 ÷ 57 = -0.087719
  3. Multiply by 100: -8.7719%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 57 × (1 − 0.087719) = 57 × 0.912281 = 52.

In a spreadsheet: =(52-57)/57*100. Always divide by the starting value, not the new one. A rise from 40 to 50 is +25%, but the fall from 50 back to 40 is −20%.

What the result means

The new value is 91.2281% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 91.2281, so 8.7719 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $57 to $52 is a 8.7719% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 8.7719% fall followed by a 8.7719% rise does not bring you back to 57: it gives 56.5614. The second percentage is taken of 52, not of 57, so to undo this change you need 9.6154% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 52 to 57. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 57 to 52 is -8.7719%, but from 52 back to 57 is 9.6154%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 52 and 57: 9.1743%. See Percentage difference between 52 and 57.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 57 to 52

Going from 57 to 52 is a 8.7719% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 57 to 52 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 5, which is 8.7719% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 52 back to 57?

9.6154%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 52, not 57.