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22 January, 14:22

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 272 pounds when it was born. The elephant actually weighed 304 pounds at birth. What was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction?

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  1. 22 January, 15:15
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    12.4%

    Explanation:

    The percent of error can be found by dividing the difference in weights by the predicted weight.

    290 - 258 = 32 pounds

    32/258 = 0.124

    0.124 = 12.4% approximately was the percent of error
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