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James estimated the total cost of groceries to be $50. The actual cost of the groceries is $65. What is the percent error? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent. Enter your answer in the box. %

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The percentage error is 23%

Step-by-step explanation:

The estimated total cost of the groceries = $50

The actual cost of the groceries = $65

To find the error value, we need to subtract the value of actual cost and total cost of the groceries.

Thus,

error value = actual cost - total cost

error value
= 65-50=15

Hence, error value = $15

The formula to determine the percent error is given by


Percent error $=\left(\frac{\text { error value}}{\text {actual value}}\right) * 100$

Substituting the values in the formula, we get,


$\begin{aligned} \text { Percent error } &=\left((15)/(65)\right) * 100 \\ &=0.231 * 100 \\ &=23.1 \end{aligned}$

Rounding off the value, we have, 23%

Thus, the percentage error is 23%

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