Question

8. Hunter wants to purchase an umbrella for $60. The actual price of the umbrella is $50. What is Hunter's percent error?

9. Marina thinks the cost to rent scooters was $100. The actual price is
$150. What is Marina's percent error?

10. Jillian calculates to see if it will take 95 minutes to run 7 miles. She runs the distance in 80 minutes. What is Jillian's percent error?

Answer 1

10 kawaii, the problem is the comparison with the calculated time for Jillian and the actual time for Jillian to run the 7 miles.

%error=(calculated value - experiemental value)/calculated * 100%

%error=(95-80)/95*100%=15/95 *100% = 15.79 ≈ 16% error

Note: 16% error is the approximate error because the numbers have 2 significant figures stated in the problem.

9 the percent error is 33.3%

8 20% error

Explanation:

Answer 2

8. 10%

9. 50%

10. 15%

Explanation:

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