What is the percentage difference between 5 and 55?

Percentage difference between 5 and 55

What is the percentage difference between 5 and 55? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 5 and 55" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 55.

"The percentage difference between 5 and 55" is the difference between 5 and 55 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 55, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 5 and 55, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 5 and 55 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

5 - 55 = -50
|-50| = 50

Step 2) Find the average of 5 and 55 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

5 + 55 = 60
60 / 2 = 30

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

50 / 30 = 1.66666666666667

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 5 and 55:

1.66666666666667 x 100
= 166.666666666667

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 5 and 55 is:

166.666666666667%

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