Question

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 265 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed 297 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction?

Answer 1

Answer: 10.7741077410774...

Step-by-step explanation: The formula for percent of error is (absolute value of prediction-actual)/actual times 100 so it is |265-297|/297 times 100 which is