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Sophia cut a piece of wood that measured 10.2inches but she was supposed to cut 16 inches what is the percent error

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Answer: 35.80 %

Explanation:

Given

Sophia mistakenly cut 10.2 inches

The actual cut should be 16 inches


\Rightarrow \% \text{error}=\frac{\text{Actual dimension-Faulty dimension}}{\text{Actual dimension}}* 100\\\\\Rightarrow \% \text{error}=(16-10.2)/(16.2)* 100=35.80\%

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