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What is the percent error when an exact distance of 15 meters is approximated at 14.75 meters?

What is the percent error when an exact distance of 15 meters is approximated at 14.75 meters-example-1
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Answer:

98.3% or 98% if your doing sig. figs.

Explanation:

you take 14.75 (the approximated) and divide it by the actual 15

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