Question

Carlos Measured the link of a book to be 21 cm the actual length of a book is 23cm which of these is closest to the percent error for Diego's measurements

Answer 1

Answer: 8.70%

Explanation:

Percent error is calculated as:

= (Accepted value - Experimental value) / Accepted value × 100

= (23 - 21) / 23 × 100

= 2/23 × 100

= 8.70%

The percentage error is 8.70%