What is the percentage difference between 7 and 72?

Percentage difference between 7 and 72

What is the percentage difference between 7 and 72? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 7 and 72" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 7 and 72.

"The percentage difference between 7 and 72" is the difference between 7 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 7 and 72, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 7 and 72, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 7 and 72 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

7 - 72 = -65
|-65| = 65

Step 2) Find the average of 7 and 72 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

7 + 72 = 79
79 / 2 = 39.5

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

65 / 39.5 = 1.64556962025316

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 7 and 72:

1.64556962025316 x 100
= 164.556962025316

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 7 and 72 is:

164.556962025316%

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