Battery losing life when plugged in.

Hi all. I'm a novice with computers, so sorry if this if horribly obvious or I'm not including some vital information.
My computer says it's charging, but the percentage of battery is going down. When it was first plugged in, it was at 3%, but it's gone down to 1% since then. Is this normal for batteries that are pretty old, or is something wrong? Is there a way I can fix it? (I already threatened it, and that didn't work. :P)

Have you tried a SMC reset?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Ciao.

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