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Jacob measured a line to be 6 inches long. If the actual length of the line is 6.4 inches, then what was the percent error of the measurement, to the nearest tenth of a percent?

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Answer: 94%

Step-by-step explanation: there are 16 .4's in 6.4 and if he missed by .4 then he got 15/16 which equals 94%

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