what is the percent change from 70 to 56?
x - the percent change
\(70-70x=56 \\
-70x=56-70 \\
-70x=-14 \\
x=\frac{-14}{-70} \\
x=\frac{1}{5} \\
x=20\%\)
It's a 20% decrease.
For this case we can make the following rule of three:
70 ----------------> 100%
56 ---------------> x
From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:
\(x = (\frac{56}{70}) * (100)
\)
\(x = 80\)%
Then, the percentage difference is given by:
\(100 - 80 = 20
\)
Answer:
the percent change from 70 to 56 is 20%.