ILL GIVE MEDALS:

Lydia received a parking ticket because she parked twelve feet from a fire hydrant. She had estimated her distance from the fire hydrant as being sixteen feet. What was her percent error to the nearest whole percentage?

16%

20%

25%

33%

Question

ILL GIVE MEDALS:

Lydia received a parking ticket because she parked twelve feet from a fire hydrant. She had estimated her distance from the fire hydrant as being sixteen feet. What was her percent error to the nearest whole percentage?

16%

20%

25%

33%

helpblahblahblah · Answer

please help at least with an explination

helpblahblahblah · Answer

please

calculusxy · Answer

Percent error=|error|/absolute value x 100

helpblahblahblah · Answer

what?

calculusxy · Answer

The error is the difference between the actual distance and the estimated distance.

helpblahblahblah · Answer

ohhh and whats the absolute value?

calculusxy · Answer

The absolute value is the the units between that number and zero. It is always positive.

helpblahblahblah · Answer

okay thanks sooo much

calculusxy · Answer

Welcome :)