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?

Question

anonymous · Answer

% error = (| expected - actual | / actual) x 100

anonymous · Answer

they give me as choices

	A. 35.4% 	
	B. 17.7% 	
	C. 64.6% 	
	D. 32.3%

anonymous · Answer

glen's estimate would be the expected, so do that math & find his expected area. the actual is what it actually is... subtract then divide by the actual area and multiply by 100