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Due to an error Jacob misread a number 74, as47. What is the approximate error in reading thenumber?

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Solution:

Percentage error is a measurement of the discrepancy between an observed and a true, or accepted value.

The percentage error is calculated as follows:

thus, in this case, we obtain:


(|74-47|)/(74)\text{ x 100 = 36.486\%}

Then, the solution is:


\text{ 36.486\%}

Due to an error Jacob misread a number 74, as47. What is the approximate error in-example-1
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