What is the percentage difference between 8 and 5?

Percentage difference between 8 and 5

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 5? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 5" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 5.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 5" is the difference between 8 and 5 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 5, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 5, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 5 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 5 = 3
|3| = 3

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 5 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 5 = 13
13 / 2 = 6.5

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

3 / 6.5 = 0.461538461538462

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 5:

0.461538461538462 x 100
= 46.1538461538462

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 5 is:

46.1538461538462%

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