Question

you estimate the distance from your house to school to be 1.6 miles. the actual distance is 1.9 miles. find the percent.

Answer 1

Determine the difference between actual distance and measured distance.

$1.9-1.6=0.3$

Determine the percent error in measurement.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{0.3}{1.9}\cdot100=15.789 \\ \approx15.8 \end{gathered}$

So percent error is 15.8%.