What is the percentage difference between 12 and 20?

Percentage difference between 12 and 20

What is the percentage difference between 12 and 20? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 12 and 20" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 12 and 20.

"The percentage difference between 12 and 20" is the difference between 12 and 20 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 12 and 20, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 12 and 20, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 12 and 20 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

12 - 20 = -8
|-8| = 8

Step 2) Find the average of 12 and 20 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

12 + 20 = 32
32 / 2 = 16

Step 3) Divide the absolute difference from Step 1 by the average from Step 2:

8 / 16 = 0.5

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 12 and 20:

0.5 x 100
= 50

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 12 and 20 is:

50%

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