Question

kayla's class went on a field trip to an aquarium . one tank had 30 clown fish. She miscounted the total number of clown fish in the tank and recorded it as 24 fish . What is Kayla's percent error?

Answer 1

30-24/30= 0.2
0.2*100=20%

Answer 2

% error =
`(|accepted - measured|)/(accepted) *100`

now, we plug in your data:

`(|accepted - measured|)/(accepted)*100 \\ \frac 30-24{30}*100 \\ \frac {6}{30}*100 \\ \frac {6}{30}*100 = 20`

therefore, Kayla's percent error is 20%