First work out the difference decrease between the two numbers you are comparing. Work out the difference decrease between the two numbers you are comparing. You can use this formula to calculate either percent increase or percent decrease.
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Take the difference 8 and divide by the original number. Price percentage increase from old value of 1000 to new value of 1200 is caluclated by. Percent of a total. For example if we have 2 numbers then to find the percentage increase we will first subtract the smaller number from a bigger number and then divide the obtained value with a smaller number among both the values.