Question

Ava estimates that 475 songs will fit on her iPad. The actual amount of songs that fit is 350. Find her percent of error.

Answer 1

Given:

Ava estimates that 475 songs will fit on her iPad.

The actual amount of songs that fit is 350.

To find:

The percent of error.

Solution:

We know that,

`\text{Percent error}=\frac{\text{Estimated values - Actual value}}{\text{Actual value}}* 100`

Putting the given values, we get

`\text{Percent error}=(475-350)/(350)* 100`

`\text{Percent error}=(125)/(350)* 100`

`\text{Percent error}=(250)/(7)`

`\text{Percent error}\approx 35.71\%`

Therefore, the percent of error is 35.71%.