Question

A sports broadcaster predicts a basketball team will score 88 point me in the next game. If the team actually scored 98 points what was the broadcasters percent error? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

The percentage error in the prediction = 10.20%

Explanation:

A sports broadcaster predicts a basketball team will score 88 point me in the next game.

If the team has actually scored 98 points we have to find the percentage error in the broadcaster's prediction.

The deviation of the prediction from the actual value = 98 - 88 = 10.

The formula for finding error percentage =
`(deviation from actual value)/(prediction)`

=
`(10)/(98) * 100`

= 10.20 %

The percentage error = 10.20%