Yesterday, I bumped into a little problem while working on a project. The goal was to compare two numbers, 114 and 109, and figure out a way to highlight the difference. Sounds simple, right? But it got me thinking about the best way to actually show this comparison visually.
I started by just subtracting the smaller number from the bigger one.
114 – 109 = 5
Okay, the difference is 5. But that didn’t really show anything. I wanted something more visual, something that would immediately make the difference clear.
So, I thought about percentages. What percentage of 114 is this difference of 5? To find that, I did a little more math.
- I divided the difference (5) by the larger number (114).
- Then, I multiplied the result by 100 to get the percentage.
So, (5 / 114) 100 ≈ 4.39%.
I tried to apply to my pratical work at hand, to generate something visually, it could be easy for anyone to understand.
I played around it for a while, finally, I got the result that satisfied my working requirement.
