Question

Marcela estimates the distance between the library and town hall is 735 ft. The actual distance is 612 ft.

What is the percent error in Marcela's estimate?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

percent error = 100*(estimated distance - actual distance)/actual distance

Answer 2

plug in the numbers from your problem

let me know what you get

Answer 3

0.2009803921568627
@Vocaloid

Answer 4

good, but you need to convert to a percentage to the nearest tenth

Answer 5

first, we multiply that decimal by 100 to get

20.09803921568627

then we round to 20.1

so your answer is 20.1%

Answer 6

ohh xD okay thnx