How to say in a compact way: an increase of something is due to decrease in something else
I am examining temporal trends in the sale numbers of apples, pears and bananas. And I found a significant 5 percentage point increase for apples and a significant 5 percentage point decrease for bananas. The sales of pears remained constant during the observed time period.
What is a better and more compact way for saying the following:
There was an increase in the sales of apples, simultaneously decreasing the number of bananas.
What is a good word for saying that apples increase can be attributed to the decrease of bananas?
Solution 1:
EDIT:
This answer doesn't do justice to the demand of the question and I suggest that OP wait for the definitive answer. In fact, as has been brought to my notice by some enlightened members here, this answer is technically wrong.
I think inversely proportional is the term you're looking for.
[Pear sales being constant], apples sales were inversely proportional to banana sales— [the former registering a 5% increase, and the latter a 5% decrease.]
You could do away with the bracketed elements depending on what you wish to keep and what you wish to omit.
Thanks to @Jim for suggesting that I reconsider fine-tuning my answer to meet precisely the demand of the question.
Solution 2:
The briefest statement may be :
Apple and banana sales were negatively correlated.
Correlate = to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation between
Merriam Webster
In positive correlation, both increase or decrease together; in negative correlation, one increases as the other decreases.
negative correlation means that there is an inverse relationship between two variables - when one variable decreases, the other increases.
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