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Main Learning Objective:
Understand how to calculate percent increase and percent decrease using the relationship between the amount of change and the original amount.
Key Takeaways:
- To find percent increase, divide the amount of increase by the original amount.
- To find percent decrease, divide the amount of decrease by the original amount.
- The core formula for both percent increase and percent decrease is identical: Change Amount divided by Original Amount.
- Carefully track whether an amount is moving up or down when working through word problems.