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Christians estimates that she will spend $250 on new summer clothes.She actually spent $350. What is the percent error?Round to the nearest whole percent

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The percent error is 40%, given that $250 is the accepted value, which I think it is.

The equation to solve for percent error is (|accepted value - experimental value|)/accepted value*100= percent error

Substitute numbers, and you get ( |250-350| )/250*100=40%
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