What is the percentage difference between 8 and 2?

Percentage difference between 8 and 2

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 2? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 2" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 2.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 2" is the difference between 8 and 2 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 2, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 2, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 2 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 2 = 6
|6| = 6

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

8 + 2 = 10
10 / 2 = 5

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

6 / 5 = 1.2

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 2:

1.2 x 100
= 120

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 2 is:

120%

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