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  • 08-06-2016
  • Mathematics
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Ruiz needs to buy a countertop for a kitchen. He calculated the area to be 16 square feet. The actual area is 15.4 square feet. What is Ruiz's percentage error?

A.0.6%

B.3.75%

C.3.9%

D.6%

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nobillionaireNobley
nobillionaireNobley nobillionaireNobley
  • 12-06-2016

Percentage error \(=\frac{error}{actual measurement} \times 100\)
Here error = 16 - 15.4 = 0.6
Therefore, percentage error \(=\frac{0.6}{15.4} \times 100=0.039 \times 100\)
=3.9%

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foxboy
foxboy foxboy
  • 22-01-2019

Answer:

3.9

Step-by-step explanation:

16 - 15.4 = 0.6  ={0.6}{15.4} 100=0.039 100  =3.9%

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