What is the percentage difference between 8 and 20?

Percentage difference between 8 and 20

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 20? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 20" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 20.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 20" is the difference between 8 and 20 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 20, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 20, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 20 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 20 = -12
|-12| = 12

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 20 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 20 = 28
28 / 2 = 14

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

12 / 14 = 0.857142857142857

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 20:

0.857142857142857 x 100
= 85.7142857142857

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 20 is:

85.7142857142857%

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