What is the percentage difference between 9 and 8?

Percentage difference between 9 and 8

What is the percentage difference between 9 and 8? Here we will give you the definition of "the percentage difference between 9 and 8" and then show you how to calculate the percentage difference between 9 and 8.

"The percentage difference between 9 and 8" is the difference between 9 and 8 on a number line as a percentage. To get the difference as a percentage, you divide the absolute difference by the average of 9 and 8, and then multiply it by 100.

To calculate the percentage difference between 9 and 8, we use this four-step process:

Step 1) Calculate the absolute difference between 9 and 8 on a number line by subtracting the numbers, and then get the absolute value of the quotient:

9 - 8 = 1
|1| = 1

Step 2) Find the average of 9 and 8 by adding them together, and then divide the sum by 2:

9 + 8 = 17
17 / 2 = 8.5

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

1 / 8.5 = 0.117647058823529

Step 4) And finally, multiply the answer in Step 3 by 100 to get the percentage difference between 9 and 8:

0.117647058823529 x 100
= 11.7647058823529

That is all there is to it. The percentage difference between 9 and 8 is:

11.7647058823529%

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