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Percentage Change from 70 to 20

From 70 to 20 is a 71.4286% decrease

Change
-71.4286%
Difference
-50
New ÷ old
0.285714
Direction
decrease

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 20 − 70 = -50
  2. Divide by the starting value: -50 ÷ 70 = -0.714286
  3. Multiply by 100: -71.4286%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 70 × (1 − 0.714286) = 70 × 0.285714 = 20.

In a spreadsheet: =(20-70)/70*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 28.5714% of the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 28.5714, so 71.4286 out of every 100 have gone.

Sales: a price cut from $70 to $20 is a 71.4286% discount.

Why the change back is different

A 71.4286% fall followed by a 71.4286% rise does not bring you back to 70: it gives 34.2857. The second percentage is taken of 20, not of 70, so to undo this change you need 250% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 20 to 70. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 70 to 20 is -71.4286%, but from 20 back to 70 is 250%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 20 and 70: 111.1111%. See Percentage difference between 20 and 70.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 70 to 20

Going from 70 to 20 is a 71.4286% decrease. Formula and steps.

Is going from 70 to 20 an increase or a decrease?

A decrease: the value fell by 50, which is 71.4286% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 20 back to 70?

250%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 20, not 70.