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 sixteen feet. What was her percent error?

sixteen percent

thirty-eight percent

sixty percent

sixty-three percent

Answer 1

i belive it would be 36%

Answer 2

Thanks Cram.

Answer 3

Very simple ..The formula for this is:

\[Increase/Decrease \times 100\]

Increase = N - Original=16 - 10 = 6


Therefore::
\[\frac{ 6 }{ 10 } \times 100 = 60 %\]

Answer 4

Thanks Adjax

Answer 5

which answer is right 36% or 60%

Answer 6

@_lilb_to_smooth_4_U_

Answer 7

60% @Adjax

Answer 8

yeah :thumps_up: