According to Josh’s measurement, the distance from his house to the baseball practice field is 4 km. The actual distance is 3.68 km.

What was the percent error in Josh’s measurement? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent, if needed.

A.
0.3%

B.
8%

C.
8.7%

D.
32%

Question

According to Josh’s measurement, the distance from his house to the baseball practice field is 4 km. The actual distance is 3.68 km.
 
What was the percent error in Josh’s measurement? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent, if needed.
 
 A.
0.3%
 
 B.
8%
 
 C.
8.7%
 
 D.
32%

legends · Answer

When im doing the math its telling me 0.92

legends · Answer

Oh ok was doing it wrong

anonymous · Answer

What did you get for your answer?

anonymous · Answer

Take 4 and subtract 3.68 .

anonymous · Answer

Ok this problem works like this. I am going to use counting numbers, which makes it simpler I think.

Lets say we measured  4  but the actual measurement was 2 . First fine the difference 

4 - 2 = 2

Now  what percent of 4 is 2. This is like saying what fraction of 4 is 2

2 / 4 = 1/2  = .5  = 50%

The problem you have works the same way

4 - 3.68 = .32  

Can you finish the rest?