Percentage Difference Between Two Numbers

|A − B| / ((|A| + |B|) / 2) × 100. Equal values: 0%. Both zero: 0% by the identical-zero convention. One value zero: 200%. Opposite signs of equal magnitude: 200%. This is not labeled as an increase or decrease.

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