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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hey can somebody help, I will give a medal.The Abraham Hotel charges $293 a night. Mrs. ferguson calculates that 6 nights cost $1450. What is the percent error in Mrs. F's calculation. Round to the nearest percent .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ill help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what

OpenStudy (anonymous):

She is 28 percent incorrect :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Medal and fan plz @crazykole

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you show me how you did that first I have to show it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@IQ250 get back here

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yo?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Alright

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Multiply 293*6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

youll get a number and then divide 1450 by that #

OpenStudy (anonymous):

youll get 82 and then do 100-82 which is 28

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um you don't get 82

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Preetha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help @Preetha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

28 I SAID

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no you don't get 82

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ganeshie8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Luigi0210

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Howard-Wolowitz

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@TheSmartOne

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please explain this I always get these wrong what I do is I divide 1450 by 100 to get 1 % of 1450 than I keep trying random numbers till I get it

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

\(\Large\sf Percent ~error = \frac{Price~you~calculated- The~actual~price}{The~Actual~price}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you going to respond @TheSmartOne

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

OS is lagging and it keep on refreshing >.<

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

So for one night it costs $293, so for 6 nights it will cost \(\sf 6 \times 293=?\) How much is that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1758$

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 1450-1758/1758???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ummmm no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@TheSmartOne ummmmm no

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