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Glen is looking into buying a piece of land. He estimates that the land measures 100 yd by 850 yd. The land is actually 140 yd by 940 yd. What is the percent error in the estimated area of the land?

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Glen is looking into buying a piece of land. He estimates that the land measures 100 yd by 850 yd. The land is actually 140 yd by 940 yd. What is the percent error in the estimated area of the land?

anonymous · Answer

this is how to calculate the percent error: the absolute value of: (theory - practice) / theory

which is

|(100*850 - 940*140) / (140*940)| = 0.3541

which is 35.41%

anonymous · Answer

thank you bro everybody else act likee thery were scared to answer that ???

anonymous · Answer

they don't know the answer simply

anonymous · Answer

i can tell thank you though bro

anonymous · Answer

np ;)