Question

Last year, Ron had made an 18% percent error when he bought 168 notebooks and customers needed 200. This year, he made a 24% error when he bought 310 notebooks and sold only 250. Compare the percent errors for the two years and determine which year Ron made a better estimate.. explai

Answer 1

Last year the percent of error was lower than this year. The smaller the percent of error, the closer the estimate is to the exact value. Last year, Ron made a better estimate.

Answer 2

Well the year when he bought 168 notebooks he made the better estimate
because 168 is 142 lesser than 310 and 18% is lesser than 24%.