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Jim believes he will receive 50 pieces of candy for Halloween. If Jim actually received 75 pieces of candy, what is Jim's percent error? Round your answer to the nearest te…

Jim believes he will receive 50 pieces of candy for Halloween. If Jim actually received 75 pieces of candy, what is Jim's percent error? Round your answer to the nearest te…
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Jim believes he will receive 50 pieces of candy for Halloween. If Jim actually received 75 pieces of candy, what is Jim's percent error? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Jim was approximately 33% wrong.
50 is 2/3 of 75
1/3 = .33 = 33%


Hope this helps!
(Also he got 1.5 times more candy than expected)
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