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for red ribbon weak student council had a how many candies jar set up for students to guess how many candies were in the jar you guessed 141 candies the actual total was 150 candies find the percent error

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EXPLANATION

The percent error formula is given by the following expression:


\text{Error}=\frac{\text{Guessed-Actual}}{\text{Actual}}\cdot100

Replacing terms:


\text{Error}=\lbrack(141-150)/(150)\rbrack\cdot100

Simplifying:


\text{Error}=\text{ 0.06}\cdot100=6

The percent error is 6%

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