What is the percentage difference between 4 and 42?

Percentage difference between 4 and 42

What is the percentage difference between 4 and 42? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 4 and 42" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 4 and 42.

"The percentage difference between 4 and 42" is the difference between 4 and 42 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 4 and 42, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 4 and 42, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 4 and 42 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

4 - 42 = -38
|-38| = 38

Step 2) Find the average of 4 and 42 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

4 + 42 = 46
46 / 2 = 23

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

38 / 23 = 1.65217391304348

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 4 and 42:

1.65217391304348 x 100
= 165.217391304348

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 4 and 42 is:

165.217391304348%

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