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Percentage Change from 78 to 66

From 78 to 66 is a 15.3846% decrease

Change
-15.3846%
Difference
-12
New ÷ old
0.846154
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 66 − 78 = -12
  2. Divide by the starting value: -12 ÷ 78 = -0.153846
  3. Multiply by 100: -15.3846%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 78 × (1 − 0.153846) = 78 × 0.846154 = 66.

In a spreadsheet: =(66-78)/78*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 84.6154% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 84.6154, so 15.3846 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $78 to $66 is a 15.3846% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 15.3846% fall followed by a 15.3846% rise does not bring you back to 78: it gives 76.1538. The second percentage is taken of 66, not of 78, so to undo this change you need 18.1818% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 66 to 78. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 78 to 66 is -15.3846%, but from 66 back to 78 is 18.1818%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 66 and 78: 16.6667%. See Percentage difference between 66 and 78.

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Percentage Change from 78 to 66

Going from 78 to 66 is a 15.3846% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 78 to 66 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 12, which is 15.3846% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 66 back to 78?

18.1818%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 66, not 78.