In the equation:
$5 \times 100 / 1$
You see that $5$ over $1$ is a $500\%$ increase. How would I show the percent of increase over zero? Thank you.
In the equation:
$5 \times 100 / 1$
You see that $5$ over $1$ is a $500\%$ increase. How would I show the percent of increase over zero? Thank you.
$500$% increase means that provided that you previously had $x$ amount of something, then it became $5$ times itself.
$500$% increase 'over $0$' thus means that you had $x=0$, and finally it became $5x$ which is still $0$.
Increase from $0$, hence is not measured well by the ratio of increasement, but the increasement itself. And, percentage can describe only ratios.