Question

Three friends entered a contest to count the number of jelly beans in a jar. The table shows their guesses of the number of jelly beans in the jar. There were actually 950 jelly beans in the jar.







Name Number guessed
Brandon 991
Li Mei 939
Jodi 976













A.

Li Mei’s estimate had about a 1.2% error.








B.

Jodi had the highest percent error.








C.

Jodi’s estimate had about a 26% error.








D.

Brandon’s estimate had about a 4.3% error

Answer 1

@sleepyhead314 help me also I have a question for you

Answer 2

What is your question????

Answer 3

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http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/percentage-error.html

Answer 4

so try calculating the percent error for each person :)
can you do that?

Answer 5

dud I am sorry but its so lagy

Answer 6

a and c

Answer 7

@rayman5766 no bro its fine just wondering cuz i was wondering

Answer 8

oh thanks for understanding

Answer 9

neither a nor c

Answer 10

so its either b or d

Answer 11

I think I under stand its b

Answer 12

*cries*

Answer 13

brandon's percent error = (991-950) / 950 * 100 = ?

Answer 14

its b and d thanks it says 2 answers

Answer 15

oh then not b
and Li Mei's percent error = (950-939)/950 * 100 = ?

Answer 16

brandon's percent error = (991-950) / 950 * 100 = ?

and

Li Mei's percent error = (950-939)/950 * 100 = ?

should get you close to the answers you need

Answer 17

oh i did my cousin helped me thanks he said it is b and c