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Diego measured the length of an eraser to be 6 cm. The actual length of the eraser is 6.5 cm. Which of these is closest to the percent error for Diego's measurement? Please help!!

User Koralarts
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Answer:

7.69%.

Explanation:

Percentage error = (0.5/6.5) * 100

= 7.69%.

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