Question

You measure a piece of rope and find its length to be 12 m. Find the percent error of this measurement. Round to the nearest hundredth. 4.17%

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Answer 1

The percentage error is .5/12 = 4.17% hope this helped

Answer 2

Hence, the percent error is:

4.17%

Explanation:

It is given that:

We measure a piece of rope and find its length to be 12 m.

As we know that the error of measure is 0.5 of the actual length i.e. the length of a rope may vary by 0.5

i.e. the length of a rope may be between 12-0.5 to 12+0.5

i.e. between 11.5 m to 12.5 m.

Hence, the percent error is calculated as:

`(0.5)/(12)* 100\\\\\\=(5)/(12* 10)* 100\\\\=(5* 100)/(12* 10)\\\\=(25)/(6)\\\\=4.17\%`

Hence, the percent error is:

4.17%