Algebra - Percentage Operations (Advancing)

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Some algebraic problems will ask you to find an unknown percentage increase or an unknown percentage decrease between two known factors. An unknown factor is a variable. When asked to find a percentage increase or decrease, using the following formula will help you to find the solution to your problem.

The % increase or decrease = the difference between the known factors divided by the base factor. Now let’s work this out in a practice problem below.