A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 259 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed 291 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction?

11.00%
32%
12.36%
89.00%

Question

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 259 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed 291 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction?

11.00%
32%
12.36%
89.00%

sneakysquash · Answer

It would be 32 percent dude. The way I found that was I did 11 percent of 291 and, yeah I got 32.

anonymous · Answer

the correct anser really is 89%