Question

Ruiz needs to buy a countertop for a kitchen. He calculated the area to be 16 square feet. The actual area is 15.4 square feet. What is Ruiz's percentage error?

0.6%
3.75%
3.9%
6%

Answer 1

@quietlysinging

Answer 2

i think its either b or c

Answer 3

@beckyg111 its B. 3.75%

Answer 4

How?

Answer 5

3.75% is correct. The way I calculated it is by subtracting the difference between the two values, the dividing 0.6 by 16 (0.6/16) and calculating 0.0375, which you move the decimal two spots to the left.

Answer 6

There may be other ways of calculating it but that is how I was taught

Answer 7

oh ok because i have come across questions like this but i never knew how to solve it

Answer 8

I suggest Kahn Academy, the videos are long and can be boring but he goes step by step and makes it understandable and easy to learn

Answer 9

lol @beckyg111 I get da medal 1 I answer yo question 1

Answer 10

true true

Answer 11

but u never explained