What is the percentage difference between 38 and 36?

Percentage difference between 38 and 36

What is the percentage difference between 38 and 36? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 38 and 36" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 38 and 36.

"The percentage difference between 38 and 36" is the difference between 38 and 36 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 38 and 36, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 38 and 36, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 38 and 36 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

38 - 36 = 2
|2| = 2

Step 2) Find the average of 38 and 36 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

38 + 36 = 74
74 / 2 = 37

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

2 / 37 = 0.0540540540540541

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 38 and 36:

0.0540540540540541 x 100
= 5.40540540540541

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 38 and 36 is:

5.40540540540541%

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