Question

Keiko guess that a jar held 590 jelly beans. The actual number in the jar was 623 jelly beans. What is the percent error of Keiko’s guess? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent. ?

Answer 1

Percentage error=|(calculated value-actual value)/actual|
=623-590/623
=0.052
nearest tenth 0.1

Answer 2

0.947 I divided the guess by the actual amount & came up with this answer