Question

Lydia received a parking ticket because she parked ten feet from a fire hydrant. She had estimated her distance from the fire hydrant as being the minimum allowable distance, which is fifteen feet. What was her percent error?

fifteen percent

thirty-three percent

fifty percent

sixty-seven percent

Answer 1

please help

Answer 2

Percent error = \(\frac {|Error|}{Theoritical Value} \times 100\)

Answer 3

how long is this?

Answer 4

\(|Error|= \) Experimental value \(-\) Theoretical value \(= |10-15| = 5 \)

Substitute that in the equation and you get

\(\frac {5}{15} \times 100 = 33\%\)

Answer 5

thank you

Answer 6

You're welcome :)