Question

Shaun estimated that the attendance at a college baseball game was 1,000. The actual Q3: attendance was 1,788. What is the percent error of Shaun's estimate? Round to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

The percentage error of Shaun's estimate is 44%

Here, we want to get the percentage error

We can get this by using the formula below;

`\frac{error}{\text{actual value}}\text{ }*\text{ 100\%}`

We have the error as the difference between the estimated value and the actual value

The difference is;

`1,788\text{ - 1,000 = 788}`

The percentage error is;

`(788)/(1,788)\text{ }*\text{ 100 \% = 44.07 }`

This is approximately 44%