Question

Emily estimated that there were 204 students at a soccer game. The actual number of students at the game was 240.

What was the percent error of her estimate?

Answer 1

85%
204 divided by 240 is 85%

Answer 2

For this case we have that the equation to determine the percentage of error is given by:

Therefore, replacing values we have:

Answer:

the percent error of his estimate was:

%

Explanation:

above