Question

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The director of a play estimated there were 250 people in the theater to see the play’s performance. The actual number of people who were in the audience was 239.



Which expression can be used to calculate the percent error in the director’s estimate?

my answer is

B. |250-239|/239 . 100%


A. 239-250/250 .100%

B. |250-239|/239 . 100%

C. |250-239|/250 . 100%

D. |239-250|/250 . 100%

Answer 1

@sleepyhead314 I know I am getting on your nerves and your thinking I am stupid but I need your help

Answer 2

[(bigger number) minus (smaller number)]/(bigger number) = decimal of percent error

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

are the brackets [ ] or | | ?

Answer 5

the second one but I cant find those so I put brackets

Answer 6

then the order of the numerator would not matter...

Answer 7

could you please edit your options? it's a little confusing and I think you might have made a typo?

Answer 8

leave and come back so it will change for

Answer 9

much better
although I'm still confused for why your option B does not match the option B

Answer 10

well I thought it would come in order so you said it doesn't it would be c

Answer 11

I don't understand the minus 100% part.

Answer 12

not c but d

Answer 13

I'm sorry, but I don't actually know the answer

Answer 14

sorry about that very sleepy

Answer 15

are you there

Answer 16

@triciaal help me