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PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE HELP! Alicia estimated her test score to be 85 Her actual score was 80 What was the percent error in Alicia’s estimate Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

User Ohad Eytan
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Her error was 85-80=5
So her percent error was 5/85=0,059 which is 5,9%
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If Alicia estimated her test score to be 85 and her actual score is 80 then the correct answer would be 80.0
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