Question

Valerie predicts she will be able to hold her breath for 31 second while underwater. If she actually held her breath for 34 seconds, what was Valerie's percent error? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

(predicted value - exact value)/exact value * 100
(31 - 34)/34 * 100 = 8.8%

Answer 2

If she actually held her breath for 34 seconds. Then the percentage error will be 8.82%.

What is the percentage error?

The amount of error is expressed as if it is a part of the total which is a hundred. The ratio can be expressed as a fraction of 100. The word percent means per 100. It is represented by the symbol ‘%’.

Valerie predicts she will be able to hold her breath for 31 seconds while underwater.

If she actually held her breath for 34 seconds.

Then the percentage error will be

$\rm error \ \% = \dfrac{34-31}{34} \times 100\\\\\\error \ \% = \dfrac{3}{34} \times 100\\\\\\error \ \% = 8.82 \%$

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