What is the percentage difference between 26 and 17?

Percentage difference between 26 and 17

What is the percentage difference between 26 and 17? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 26 and 17" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 26 and 17.

"The percentage difference between 26 and 17" is the difference between 26 and 17 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 26 and 17, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 26 and 17, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 26 and 17 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

26 - 17 = 9
|9| = 9

Step 2) Find the average of 26 and 17 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

26 + 17 = 43
43 / 2 = 21.5

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

9 / 21.5 = 0.418604651162791

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 26 and 17:

0.418604651162791 x 100
= 41.8604651162791

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 26 and 17 is:

41.8604651162791%

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