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Nicole measured a line to be 10.9 inches long. If the actual length of the line is 10.2 inches, then what was the percent error of the measurement, to the nearest tenth of a percent?

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Answer: 6.9%

Explanation:

Substituting into the percent error formula,


(|10.9-10.2|)/(10.2) * 100 \approx 6.9\%

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