Question 1206806
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Here are the formulas you need. They work for INCREASES as well as DECREASES.

{{{matrix(1,5,
matrix(1,4,ACTUAL,DECREASE,OR,INCREASE), ""="", 

matrix(1,2,"|NEW",AMOUNT),""-"",matrix(1,2,OLD, "AMOUNT|"))}}}

{{{matrix(1,3,
matrix(1,4,PERCENT,DECREASE,OR,INCREASE), ""="", 


expr(matrix(1,4,ACTUAL,DECREASE,OR,INCREASE)/matrix(1,2,OLD, AMOUNT))*"100%")}}}
</pre>Last weekend, the movie theater in Newberry issued 5,760 tickets to
comedies.<pre>OLD AMOUNT = 5,760</pre>This weekend, it issued 1,728 tickets to comedies.<pre>NEW AMOUNT = 1,728</pre>What is the percent of decrease in the number of comedy ticket issued per weekend?<pre>

{{{matrix(1,9,
matrix(1,2,ACTUAL,DECREASE), ""="", 

"|1,728",""-"","5,760|",""="","|-4,032|",""="","4,032")}}}

{{{matrix(1,7,
matrix(1,2,PERCENT,DECREASE), ""="", 


"4,032"/"5,760",""="",0.7*"100%",""="","70%")}}}

Edwin</pre>