How do you calculate the percent change of Sales for 2007 $404,729 to Sales for 2008 $571,320?

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How do you calculate the percent change of Sales for 2007 $404,729 to Sales for 2008 $571,320?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-16T16:19:39

There are basically two ways to go about this:

Explanation:

Take the difference New minus Old, divide this by Old, and multiply by 100 to get the percentage:

$\frac{571320 - 404729}{404729} \times 100$ $(571320-404729)/404729xx100$

Or:
Use ratio's. Set Sales 2007 to 100%, and get the number for 2008:

$\frac{404729}{100 %} = \frac{571320}{X %}$ $404729/(100%)=571320/(X%)$

Cross-multiply:
$404729 \times X % = 571320 \times 100 % \to$ $404729xxX%=571320xx100%->$
$X = \frac{57132000}{404729} = 141.16 %$ $X=57132000/404729=141.16%$

which is a $41.16 %$ $41.16%$ increase over the $100 %$ $100%$ we started with.

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