What is the formula for determining percent discrepancy between two numbers?

If the two numbers are x and y, the formula would be





100 * (absolute-value( x - y))


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maximum(x,y)





where absolute value is (of course) the number with the negative sign (if any) removed and maximum(x,y) is the larger of the two numbers x and y.





Example let x=4 and y=5





100 * (5-4)


-------------- =


5





100/5 =





20%What is the formula for determining percent discrepancy between two numbers?
its just the percent of one out of another instead of using the 100 as standard we use one of them as the standardWhat is the formula for determining percent discrepancy between two numbers?
if the two nos are n1 and n2 then the percentage discrepancy=!n1-n2!/n1 *100