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OpenStudy (kkutie7):

My professor game me an equation t(measured)=t(true)+t(error) I calculated t(error) for my experiment but now I'm supposed to find the percent error?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can estimate the percentage error from t(error) and t(measured)

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

see that's what i was thinking. I calculated the t(error) but now I'm being asked what the percent error would be if t(error)=0.1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so do you know how to express t(error) as a percentage of t(measured) ?

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

nope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation_error

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

i understand that the percent is derived by doing this: \[\frac{truevalue-estimated value}{truevalue}*100\] what is with the equation my professor gave me.

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

is it just the top number?

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