Arnold K H Tan's answer to Kathy's Secondary 4 E Maths Singapore question.
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Note that negative percentage value indicates a decrease.
Date Posted:
5 years ago
More accurate is
Percentage change
= ...
= -87.5%
rather than
percentage decrease
= ...
= -87.5%
Percentage change
= ...
= -87.5%
rather than
percentage decrease
= ...
= -87.5%
True that. Thus, in terms of percentage change, a negative sign indicates a percentage decrease. Positive sign a percentage increase.