Define the following. b) percentage error
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Answer:
Percentage error is the difference between the estimated number and the actual number when compared to the actual number expressed in percent format.
Explanation:
Look closely at the image of the gumball machine and make your best estimated guess at how many gumballs you think there are.
gum ball
Have you ever played this game at school or at a carnival? The person who guesses closest to the actual number of gum balls wins a prize. We're going to explore how to calculate the winner by learning about percentage error.
The formula looks like this:
formula
In other words, you take the difference between the real answer and the guessed answer, divide it by the real answer, and then turn it into a percent.
For example, let's say you guessed that there were 230 gumballs in the image, but there were actually 311 gumballs. The difference between your guess (230) and the actual number (311) in comparison to the actual number (311) expressed as a percent is the percentage error.