Question

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 230 pounds when I was born the elephant actually weigh 262 pounds at birth what was the percent error of zookeepers prediction

Answer 1

13.9%

Explanation:

Given data

Expected weight = 230 pounds

Actual weight= 262 pounds

Required

The percent error

Error= Actaul- expected/ expected *100

Error= 262-230/230*100

Error=32/230*100

Error=0.139*100

Error=13.9%

Hence the error is 13.9%