Question

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 274 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed 306 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction?

Answer 1

Answer:

About 11%

Step-by-step explanation:

I first subtracted 250 from 282, to get 32. I then did 32/282 to get .11.... You round that out to about 11%