An event planning company had 768 attendees for one gathering and 924 for another. Management requested the difference in attendance be expressed as a percent difference. Which approach accomplishes that?
Divide and multiply by 100156 / 846 × 100 ≈ 18.44%
Final Answer:
(|924 − 768| / ((924 + 768) / 2)) × 100
This gives a percent difference of 18.44%.
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