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Can you help with the launch problem on the picture shown below please I need to hurry up and go to sleep so try to make it quick thank you

Can you help with the launch problem on the picture shown below please I need to hurry-example-1
User Gks
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Answer:

25.45%

Step-by-step explanation:

If we have two values a and b, then the percent difference is defined as


(|a-b|)/((a+b)/2)*100\%

In other words, the percent difference is defined as the absolute value of the difference divided by their average.

Now in our case, the two numbers we have are 155 mph and 120 mph. Now the average of 155 and 120 is


(120+155)/(2)=135

The difference between the two numbers is


|155-120|=35

Therefore, the percentage difference is


(|155-120|)/((120+155)/2)*100\%=(35)/(135)*100\%

which we evaluate to get


(35)/(135)*100\%=\boxed{25.5\%.}

which is our answer!

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