What is the percentage difference between 8 and 3?

Percentage difference between 8 and 3

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 3? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 3" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 3.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 3" is the difference between 8 and 3 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 3, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 3, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 3 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 3 = 5
|5| = 5

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 3 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 3 = 11
11 / 2 = 5.5

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

5 / 5.5 = 0.909090909090909

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

0.909090909090909 x 100
= 90.9090909090909

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 3 is:

90.9090909090909%

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