What is the percentage difference between 5 and 27?

Percentage difference between 5 and 27

What is the percentage difference between 5 and 27? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 5 and 27" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 27.

"The percentage difference between 5 and 27" is the difference between 5 and 27 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 5 and 27, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 27, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 5 and 27 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

5 - 27 = -22
|-22| = 22

Step 2) Find the average of 5 and 27 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

5 + 27 = 32
32 / 2 = 16

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

22 / 16 = 1.375

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 5 and 27:

1.375 x 100
= 137.5

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 5 and 27 is:

137.5%

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