What is the percentage difference between 7 and 17?

Percentage difference between 7 and 17

What is the percentage difference between 7 and 17? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 7 and 17" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 7 and 17.

"The percentage difference between 7 and 17" is the difference between 7 and 17 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 7 and 17, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 7 and 17, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 7 and 17 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

7 - 17 = -10
|-10| = 10

Step 2) Find the average of 7 and 17 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

7 + 17 = 24
24 / 2 = 12

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

10 / 12 = 0.833333333333333

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 7 and 17:

0.833333333333333 x 100
= 83.3333333333333

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 7 and 17 is:

83.3333333333333%

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