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Percentage Change from 77 to 20

From 77 to 20 is a 74.026% decrease

Change
-74.026%
Difference
-57
New ÷ old
0.25974
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 20 − 77 = -57
  2. Divide by the starting value: -57 ÷ 77 = -0.74026
  3. Multiply by 100: -74.026%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 77 × (1 − 0.74026) = 77 × 0.25974 = 20.

In a spreadsheet: =(20-77)/77*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 25.974% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 25.974, so 74.026 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $77 to $20 is a 74.026% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 74.026% fall followed by a 74.026% rise does not bring you back to 77: it gives 34.8052. The second percentage is taken of 20, not of 77, so to undo this change you need 285% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 20 to 77. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 77 to 20 is -74.026%, but from 20 back to 77 is 285%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 20 and 77: 117.5258%. See Percentage difference between 20 and 77.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 77 to 20

Going from 77 to 20 is a 74.026% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 77 to 20 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 57, which is 74.026% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 20 back to 77?

285%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 20, not 77.