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Percentage Change from 60 to 59

From 60 to 59 is a 1.6667% decrease

Change
-1.6667%
Difference
-1
New ÷ old
0.983333
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 59 − 60 = -1
  2. Divide by the starting value: -1 ÷ 60 = -0.016667
  3. Multiply by 100: -1.6667%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 60 × (1 − 0.016667) = 60 × 0.983333 = 59.

In a spreadsheet: =(59-60)/60*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 98.3333% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 98.3333, so 1.6667 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $60 to $59 is a 1.6667% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 1.6667% fall followed by a 1.6667% rise does not bring you back to 60: it gives 59.9833. The second percentage is taken of 59, not of 60, so to undo this change you need 1.6949% instead.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 60 to 59

Going from 60 to 59 is a 1.6667% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 60 to 59 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 1, which is 1.6667% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 59 back to 60?

1.6949%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 59, not 60.