Due to an error Jacob misread a number 74, as47. What is the approximate error in reading thenumber?

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Proximab · Answer 1 · 2023-09-08T07:10:52+0000

Solution:

Percentage error is a measurement of the discrepancy between an observed and a true, or accepted value.

The percentage error is calculated as follows:

thus, in this case, we obtain:

$(|74-47|)/(74)\text{ x 100 = 36.486\%}$

Then, the solution is:

$\text{ 36.486\%}$