Question

Tiffany predicts she will earn $42 from the bake sale if Tiffany actually earns $24 what is Tiffany's percent error

Answer 1

you would set it up as

24 is what percent of 42

24=42x

about 57% error

ok so im not sure if this is the right kind of problem but i know it is a certain kind of set up for this problem

Answer 2

The difference between the correct prediction and failing is 42-24 which equal $18. As a result, the percent of error is 75%. Hope it help!