Is the value of the new amount greater or less than the value of the original amount?
Decrease; 11 %.
Practice makes perfect
To determine the percent change p, we can use the following general formula.
p % =Amount of increase or decrease/Original amountFrom the given values, we can see the original amount was 873 and the new amount is 781. This is a decrease in the amount.
873 - 781 = 92
The difference between the new amount and the original amount is 92. Now we can use the formula.
