What is the percentage difference between 8 and 6?

Percentage difference between 8 and 6

What is the percentage difference between 8 and 6? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 8 and 6" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 6.

"The percentage difference between 8 and 6" is the difference between 8 and 6 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 6, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 8 and 6, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 8 and 6 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

8 - 6 = 2
|2| = 2

Step 2) Find the average of 8 and 6 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

8 + 6 = 14
14 / 2 = 7

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

2 / 7 = 0.285714285714286

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 8 and 6:

0.285714285714286 x 100
= 28.5714285714286

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 8 and 6 is:

28.5714285714286%

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