Question

Lena estimated the height of a desk to be 38 inches. The actual height is 41 inches.

To the nearest tenth of a percent, what is the percent error of Lena's estimate?

Enter your answer as a decimal in the box.

Answer 1

7.3%

Explanation:

Answer 2

7.3%

Explanation:

First you have to find out what 38 out of 41 is as a percentage

This is 92.68%

so now we have to do

100.00 - 92.68 this is 7.32

But you said round to the nearest tenth so it would actually be rounded down to 7.3%