What is the percentage difference between 8 and 17?

Percentage difference between 8 and 17

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 17? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 17" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 17.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 17" is the difference between 8 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 8 and 17, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 17, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 17 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 17 = -9
|-9| = 9

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 17 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 17 = 25
25 / 2 = 12.5

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

9 / 12.5 = 0.72

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 17:

0.72 x 100
= 72

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 17 is:

72%

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