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Jocelyn estimates that a piece of wood measures 5.5 cm. If it actually measures 5.62 cm, what is the percent error of Jocelyn’s estimate? A. 2.14% B. 2.18% C. 12% D. 46.83%
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Jocelyn estimates that a piece of wood measures 5.5 cm. If it actually measures 5.62 cm, what is the percent error of Jocelyn’s estimate?

A. 2.14%
B. 2.18%
C. 12%
D. 46.83%

User Namiko
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HI,
First to find out how much more it actually measures we need to subtract 5.5 from 5.62 which will give us 0.12.
Next, we need to turn 0.12 into a percentage which is 12%.
User Nate Pope
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Answer:

a.2.14%

Explanation:

i did this in math class

User Alex Malkov
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