Question

Carrie predicts she will collect 50 cans for the food drive. If Carrie actually collects 70 cans, what is Carrie's percent error? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Carrie's percent error was 28.6%

Explanation:

Step 1; From the given data Carrie predicted that she would have lesser than she actually got. She estimated that she would collect 50 cans when she actually got 70 cans.

Step 2; Her percent error is given by dividing the difference in values by the actual value multiplied by 100.

% error = (difference in values / actual value) × 100

Difference in values = 70 - 50 = 20

Claire's % error = (70 - 50)/ 70 × 100 = 20/70 × 100 = 0.28571 × 100 = 28.571%.

The 28.571% is rounded off to 28.6%