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Sam came back from his run and his friend asked how far he ran. Sam figured about 3.5 miles. Later they drove the course and found out it was actually 4.1 miles. Calculate the p…

Sam came back from his run and his friend asked how far he ran. Sam figured about 3.5 miles. Later they drove the course and found out it was actually 4.1 miles. Calculate the p…
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Sam came back from his run and his friend asked how far he ran. Sam figured about 3.5 miles. Later they drove the course and found out it was actually 4.1 miles. Calculate the percent error from Sam's run, rounded to the nearest tenth.

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He was off by about 8% but if you wanna be more specifc it's 8.5%

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