Alexis calculates the surface area of a gift box as 600 square inches. The actual surface area of the gift box is 592 inches.Find the relative error of Alexis' calculation expressed as a decimal to the nearest thousandth.

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myininaya · Answer

absolute error is |600-592|=|8|=8,
but I can't remember what relative error was...lol
we either divide the absolute error by something or the absolute error is the divisor 
let me look it up

myininaya · Answer

|8|/592 will give you relative error

myininaya · Answer

you just divide the absolute error by the true value