Julie counted 25 players on a visiting soccer team. The actual number of players on the visiting soccer team was 27.

What is the percent error in Julie's measurement? If necessary, round to the nearest percent.

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Zack Branch

31 October, 16:45

Julie counted 25 players on a visiting soccer team. The actual number of players on the visiting soccer team was 27.

What is the percent error in Julie's measurement? If necessary, round to the nearest percent.

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Brady Hampton · Answer 1

Percent error is:

(What you got - what you should have got) * 100 / what you should have got

So in this case:

(25-27) * 100 / 27 = 7.407 with the (.407) repeating

Julie counted 25 players on a visiting soccer team. The actual number of players on the visiting soccer team was 27.What is the percent error in Julie's measurement? If necessary, round to the nearest percent.

Julie counted 25 players on a visiting soccer team. The actual number of players on the visiting soccer team was 27.

What is the percent error in Julie's measurement? If necessary, round to the nearest percent.