How do you find percentage lost

2 answers:

7 0

First: work out the difference (decrease) between the two numbers you are comparing. Then divide the decrease by the original number and multiply the answer by 100. If your answer is a negative number, then this is a percentage increase. :)

natima [27]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

It depends

Step-by-step explanation:

It depends on the questions, some times you just substract the number from 100 which is the full percentage but sometimes it is like the example below.

lets say a city lost 2% of population each year population now?

98/100*98*100=0.9604= 96.04%

so the lost hear is 100-96.04=3.96

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