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Percentage Change from 89 to 88

From 89 to 88 is a 1.1236% decrease

Change
-1.1236%
Difference
-1
New ÷ old
0.988764
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 88 − 89 = -1
  2. Divide by the starting value: -1 ÷ 89 = -0.011236
  3. Multiply by 100: -1.1236%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 89 × (1 − 0.011236) = 89 × 0.988764 = 88.

In a spreadsheet: =(88-89)/89*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 98.8764% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 98.8764, so 1.1236 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $89 to $88 is a 1.1236% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 1.1236% fall followed by a 1.1236% rise does not bring you back to 89: it gives 88.9888. The second percentage is taken of 88, not of 89, so to undo this change you need 1.1364% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 88 to 89. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 89 to 88 is -1.1236%, but from 88 back to 89 is 1.1364%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 88 and 89: 1.1299%. See Percentage difference between 88 and 89.

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Percentage Change from 89 to 88

Going from 89 to 88 is a 1.1236% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 89 to 88 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 1, which is 1.1236% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 88 back to 89?

1.1364%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 88, not 89.