What is the percentage difference between 8 and 1?

Percentage difference between 8 and 1

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 1? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 1" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 1.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 1" is the difference between 8 and 1 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 8 and 1, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 1, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 1 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 1 = 7
|7| = 7

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 1 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 1 = 9
9 / 2 = 4.5

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

7 / 4.5 = 1.55555555555556

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 1:

1.55555555555556 x 100
= 155.555555555556

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 1 is:

155.555555555556%

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