SOLUTION
(a) The absolute change is the difference in value within the two years, this becomes
[tex]\begin{gathered} 905,900,000-1,009,500,000 \\ =-103,600,000 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence the answer is -103,600,000
(b) The relative change becomes
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{905,900,000-1,009,500,000\text{ }}{initial\text{ value}}\times100 \\ \frac{-103,600,000}{1,009,500,000}\times100 \\ =-10.262506 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence the answer is -10.26%