Question

Andrew thought he could score 25 points on an arcade game, but he only scored 17. What was Andrew's percent error? Prediction - Actual Hint: Percent error- * 100 Actual Round to the nearest percent. [?]%​

Answer 1

47%

Explanation:

% error = ( (theoretical(correct) – experimental(prediction)) / theoretical(correct) ) × 100%.

% error = |17 – 25| / 17 × 100% =

% error = (8 / 17 × 100)%

% error = (800 / 17)%

% error = (47.0588235294..)%

% error ≈ 47%