Question

Jessie estimated the weight of his cat to be 12 pounds. The actual weight of the cat is 15 pounds.

What is the percent error?

Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

20%

Explanation:

Jessie thinks to greatly of his cat

and I took the test

Answer 2

20%

Explanation:

% of error is given by the following formula:

% Error =
`\frac{|\textrm {Approx Value  - Exact Value}|}{\textrm {Exact Value}} * 100`

Now, Jessie estimated the weight of his cat to be 12 pounds i.e. Approximate value is 12 pounds.

Again, The actual weight of the cat is 15 pounds i.e. the exact value is 15 pounds.

Therefore, the % error =
`(|12 - 15|)/(15) * 100 = (3)/(15) * 100 = 20`% (Answer)