Question

Assessment items Charlie guesses that his dog weighs 34.5 pounds. The dog actually weighs 32.7 pounds. What is the percent error in Charlie’s guess, to the nearest tenth of a percent?

Answer 1

It is currently 5.5%

Explanation:

Answer 2

For this case we must find the percentage of error in the estimation of the pace of Charlie's dog. For this, we subtract the approximate weight minus the actual weight:

`34.5-32.7 = 1.8`

This represents the variation of the weight

To find the error, we divide the variation between the real weight and multiply it by 100:

`error = \frac {1.8} {32.7} * 100\\error = 0.055045872 * 100\\error = 5.5045872%`

Rounding to the nearest tenth:

`error = 5.5`

Answer:

error=5.5%