Question

a student measured the length of a notebook to be 22.8. The actual value is 26.5 . what is this students percent error

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 13.96 %

Explanation:

The percentage error of a certain measurement can be found by using the formula

$P(\%) = \frac{error}{actual \: \: number} \times 100\%$

actual number = 26.5

error = 26.5 - 22.8 = 3.7

We have

$p(\%) = \frac{3.7}{26.5} \times 100 \\ = 13.96226415...$

We have the final answer as

13.96 %

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