Question

Mrs. Trout estimated her math class next year would include 28 students. The actual size of the class turned out to be 32 students. She calculated the percent error in the following way.

28 - 32 = -4

4
32
= 0.125%

Is Mrs. Trout correct? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

sup

Explanation:

Mrs. Trout set up the ratio correctly, but she forgot to multiply by 100 to get the correct percent.

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Answer 2

no

Explanation:

because that is not the correct way to calculate percentage