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Percent change from 80 to 100: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step percentages video lesson with captions. Final answer: 25% (increase).

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Working with percentages
Percentage change from 80 to 100
2. Step by step
1. $100 - 80 = 20$
  Subtract the original value from the new value
2. $\frac{20}{|80|} = 0.25$
  Divide the change by the absolute value of the original
3. $0.25 \times 100 = 25\%$
  Multiply by 100
3. The answer
$25\%$
(100 − 80) ÷ |80| × 100 = 25%
4. Check
- Check: 80 + 25% of |80| = 100

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: Percentage change from 80 to 100. Measure how much a value changed relative to its original value.

Step by step. Subtract the original value from the new value. Divide the change by the absolute value of the original. Multiply by 100.

The answer. So the answer is 25 percent (increase). The value increased by 25 percent.

Check. Check: 80 plus 25 percent of |80| equals 100.

About percentages

Percent of a number, what percent one number is of another, the whole from a part, and percent change.

Percent change from 80 to 100: Animated Step-by-Step Lesson