Question

John needs to purchase a table for his room. John measured the space available as 4 ft. the actual measurement was 2.5 ft. what is John percent error.​

Answer 1

62.5%

Convert fraction (ratio) 2.5 / 4 Answer: 62.5%

Explanation:

Creating a ratio to represent the amount he was specifically off by, which inherently gives you John's percent error.