Question

Debbie estimated that a caterpillar was 4.5 cm long. Later, she found its actual length to be 4.8 cm. Find the percent error.

Answer 1

6.25

4.8-4.5
0.3 divide 4.8= 0.062 x 100= 6.25

Answer 2

Explanation:

divide 4.5/4.8. you get .9375.

subtract this from 1

1-.9375

and you get 0.0625.

multiply that by 100 to get it into percent form

6.25%