What is the percent change of 44 to 22?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-06T23:55:51

See a solution process below:

The formula for calculating the percent change in a value between two points in time is:

$p = (N - O)/O * 100$

Where:

$p$ is the percent change - what we are solving for in this problem.

$N$ is the New Value - 22 in this problem.

$O$ is the Old Value - 44 in this problem.

Substituting and solving for $p$ gives:

$p = (22 - 44)/44 * 100$

$p = -22/44 * 100$

$p = -2200/44$

$p = -50$

There is a negative 50% change between 44 and 22