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What is the Percentage Difference from 42 to 55?

From 42 to 55 is a 30.9524% increase

Change
30.9524%
Difference
13
New ÷ old
1.309524
Direction
increase

Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it

How to work it out

  1. Difference: 55 − 42 = 13
  2. Divide by the starting value: 13 ÷ 42 = 0.309524
  3. Multiply by 100: 30.9524%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 42 × (1 + 0.309524) = 42 × 1.309524 = 55.

In a spreadsheet: =(55-42)/42*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 1.3095 times the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 130.9524.

Prices: an item whose price rises from $42 to $55 has gone up by 30.9524%.

Why the change back is different

A 30.9524% rise followed by a 30.9524% fall does not bring you back to 42: it gives 37.9762. The second percentage is taken of 55, not of 42, so to undo this change you need 23.6364% instead.

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Questions

What is the Percentage Difference from 42 to 55?

Going from 42 to 55 is a 30.9524% increase. Formula and steps.

Is going from 42 to 55 an increase or a decrease?

An increase: the value grew by 13, which is 30.9524% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 55 back to 42?

-23.6364%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 55, not 42.