Question

Can someone check my answer please

Answer 1

Sheila is redecorating her room. She measured and cut a strip of wallpaper border that was seventy-four inches long for a span of wall that was actually only seventy inches long. What was the percent error in Sheila's measurement, to the nearest whole percent?

Answer 2

the answer i got is 4%

Answer 3

I got 5.5%.
70/74=94.45.
100-94.45=5.5

Answer 4

\[\frac{ |approximate - exact| }{ |exact| } \times 100\]

Answer 5

you did get the approximate - exact, but you have to divide 4/70 and then multiply by 100 to get the percent error

Answer 6

5.71 approx

Answer 7

understood?

Answer 8

yes an so it 17.5 right

Answer 9

did you divide 4/70 correctly?

Answer 10

because if you did, then you would have gotten 5.71%.

Answer 11

is that okay?

Answer 12

yea but dats not the answer
three percent

four percent

five percent

six percent

Answer 13

well then, you have to round it. if you round 5.71% you will get 6%

Answer 14

Oh ok , i think i calculate in my head worng

Answer 15

no problem :)

Answer 16

next time when have problems an i will mention u ok