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Compound Percentage Change Calculator
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The Compound Percentage Change Calculator will calculate:
- The compound percentage change of a quantity if the initial value, rate of change and the number of compounding are known.
| The Compound percentage increase, An is % [percent] |
| The Compound percentage decrease, An is % [percent] |
| Compound percentage increase/decrease formula and calculations |
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| An = A0 ∙ (1 + r)n An = ∙ (1 + ) An = ∙ (1 + ) An = ∙ () An = ∙ An = |
| Compound percentage increase/decrease formula and calculations |
| An = A0 ∙ (1 - r)n An = ∙ (1 - ) An = ∙ (1 - ) An = ∙ () An = ∙ An = |
| Compound Percentage Change Calculator Input Values |
| Initial amount (A0) |
| Rate of percentage change (r) |
| Number of compounding times (n) |
Please note that the formula for each calculation along with detailed calculations is shown further below this page. As you enter the specific factors of each compound percentage change calculation, the Compound Percentage Change Calculator will automatically calculate the results and update the formula elements with each element of the compound percentage change calculation. You can then email or print this compound percentage change calculation as required for later use.
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Theoretical description
Unlike in simple percentage change where all changes are calculated based on the original amount, a compound percentage change is a kind of recurrent change, where all successive amounts are calculated based on the previous amounts and not on the original ones. Thus, if we have a compound percentage increase by 30% of an amount A0, that is applied twice, the final amount A0 will be
However, calculating the recurrent values one by one as above is not suitable, as it includes a number of steps. Therefore, we use a shorter way for this, by applying the formula
where
r = the percentage change (as decimal),
n = number of compounding times
The sign 'minus' is used for compound percentage increase while the sign 'plus' for percentage decay.
For example, if the number of bacteria in a sample is 100 (A0 = 100) and if their number increases by 50% every hour (r = 50% = 0.5), the number of bacteria in the sample after 7 hours (n = 7) is
= 100 ∙ 1.57
= 1,700 bacteria
Let's consider another example, but this time with compound percentage decay. Thus, if the number of non-decayed nuclei in a radioactive sample is 400 (A0 = 400) and the radioactive sample decays at a rate of 10% in a day (r = 10% = 0.1), we have for the number of non-decayed nuclei (A5) left in the sample after 5 days (5 compounding cycles therefore, or n = 5):
A5 = 400 ∙ (1 - 0.1)5
A5 = 400 ∙ 0.95
= 236 nuclei left
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