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Tyler knows that the distance around a running track is 400 meters. Beth, Tyler’s sister, decides to measure the running track with a meter
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Tyler knows that the distance around a running track is 400 meters. Beth, Tyler’s sister, decides to measure the running track with a meter stick and only gets 392 meters. Her measurement might be off because a track is circular, while a meter stick is straight. What is the percent error of Beth’s measurement
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2021-08-17T07:44:02+00:00
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2%
Step-by-step explanation:
True measurements = 400 meters
Observed measurements = 392 meters
% error = change in measurements / true measurements × 100/1
= (400 – 392) / 400 × 100
= 8/400 × 100
= 0.02 × 100
= 2%
Percentage error of Beth measurements = 2%