What is the percentage difference between 5 and 40?

Percentage difference between 5 and 40

What is the percentage difference between 5 and 40? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 5 and 40" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 40.

"The percentage difference between 5 and 40" is the difference between 5 and 40 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 40, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 40, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 5 and 40 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

5 - 40 = -35
|-35| = 35

Step 2) Find the average of 5 and 40 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

5 + 40 = 45
45 / 2 = 22.5

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

35 / 22.5 = 1.55555555555556

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 5 and 40:

1.55555555555556 x 100
= 155.555555555556

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 5 and 40 is:

155.555555555556%

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