MKT 100 Lecture 5: Week 3 Metrics- Percentage Change

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Marketing
• Course: MKT 100
• Professor: Yanina Chevtchouk

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Basic of algebra: order of operations :bedmas, when you move a variable from one side of the equation to the other, you reverse the operation, + becomes , becomes , multiplication becomes division, division becomes multiplication. % = new amount old amount / old multiply by 100. If you do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow o(cid:374)e of the a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)ts, use algebra to figure it ou. Percentage change is fundamental for understanding the scale of differences from one period to another and provides more useful information more than simple using dollars.