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What is the Percentage Difference from 49 to 42?

From 49 to 42 is a 14.2857% decrease

Change
-14.2857%
Difference
-7
New ÷ old
0.857143
Direction
decrease

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: 42 − 49 = -7
  2. Divide by the starting value: -7 ÷ 49 = -0.142857
  3. Multiply by 100: -14.2857%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 49 × (1 − 0.142857) = 49 × 0.857143 = 42.

In a spreadsheet: =(42-49)/49*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 $49 to $42 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 49: it gives 48. The second percentage is taken of 42, not of 49, so to undo this change you need 16.6667% instead.

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Questions

What is the Percentage Difference from 49 to 42?

Going from 49 to 42 is a 14.2857% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 49 to 42 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 7, which is 14.2857% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 42 back to 49?

16.6667%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 42, not 49.