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A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 252 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed

284 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the Zookeeper's prediction?

User Raunak
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Answer:

11.7%

Explanation:

284-252=32

32 is about 11.7% of 284

User Julien Kronegg
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