What is the percentage difference between 78 and 90?

Percentage difference between 78 and 90

What is the percentage difference between 78 and 90? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 78 and 90" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 78 and 90.

"The percentage difference between 78 and 90" is the difference between 78 and 90 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 78 and 90, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 78 and 90, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 78 and 90 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

78 - 90 = -12
|-12| = 12

Step 2) Find the average of 78 and 90 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

78 + 90 = 168
168 / 2 = 84

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

12 / 84 = 0.142857142857143

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 78 and 90:

0.142857142857143 x 100
= 14.2857142857143

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 78 and 90 is:

14.2857142857143%

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