Question

Caleb predicted that his favorite player would score 27 points in the firrst round of the NCAA tournament game. The player actually scored 23 points. What is the percent ERROR of Caleb's prediction? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Given that

Caleb predicted player would score 27 points.

But he scored 23 points.

so percentage error,

`\begin{gathered} \text{percetage error=}(27-23)/(27)*100 \\ =(4)/(27)*100 \\ =14.81\text{ \%} \end{gathered}`