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Percentage Change from 70 to 60

From 70 to 60 is a 14.2857% decrease

Change
-14.2857%
Difference
-10
New ÷ old
0.857143
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 60 − 70 = -10
  2. Divide by the starting value: -10 ÷ 70 = -0.142857
  3. Multiply by 100: -14.2857%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 70 × (1 − 0.142857) = 70 × 0.857143 = 60.

In a spreadsheet: =(60-70)/70*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 85.7143% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 85.7143, so 14.2857 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $70 to $60 is a 14.2857% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 14.2857% fall followed by a 14.2857% rise does not bring you back to 70: it gives 68.5714. The second percentage is taken of 60, not of 70, so to undo this change you need 16.6667% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 60 to 70. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 70 to 60 is -14.2857%, but from 60 back to 70 is 16.6667%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 60 and 70: 15.3846%. See Percentage difference between 60 and 70.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 70 to 60

Going from 70 to 60 is a 14.2857% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 70 to 60 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 10, which is 14.2857% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 60 back to 70?

16.6667%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 60, not 70.