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Ross needs buy a countertop for a laundry room. He calculated the area to be 12 square feet. The actual area is 11.8 square feet. What is Ross's percentage error?

User Niger
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Answer:

b

Explanation:

its not a and not the other two

User Rakhitha Nimesh
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Answer:

1.69%

Explanation:

plug it into a formula

Multiply 0.0169 by 100 to make it into a percent.

0.0169 * 100 = 1.69%

Ross's percentage error is 1.69%.

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