Question

there was a dunk booth at the school fair. you guessed it would take 15 throws to dunk Mr. King. on your 4th throw you dunked Mr. King. find your percent error.

Answer 1

Given

you guessed it would take 15 throws to dunk Mr. King

on your 4th throw, you dunked Mr. King

find your percent error.​

Procedure

$\text{Percentage Error=|Measured value-True value|/}|\text{True value|}$$\begin{gathered} PE=\frac{|15-4|}{|4|}\cdot100 \\ PE=\frac{11}{4}\cdot100 \\ PE=2.75\cdot100 \\ PE=275 \end{gathered}$