What is the percentage difference between 6 and 72?

Percentage difference between 6 and 72

What is the percentage difference between 6 and 72? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 6 and 72" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 6 and 72.

"The percentage difference between 6 and 72" is the difference between 6 and 72 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 6 and 72, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 6 and 72, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 6 and 72 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

6 - 72 = -66
|-66| = 66

Step 2) Find the average of 6 and 72 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

6 + 72 = 78
78 / 2 = 39

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

66 / 39 = 1.69230769230769

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 6 and 72:

1.69230769230769 x 100
= 169.230769230769

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 6 and 72 is:

169.230769230769%

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