Question

Due to some errors in the weighing machine,archana weight was shown 72kg as against the actual value of 80 kg. The percentage error is

Answer 1

the percentage error is 10%

Answer 2

Actual value=80
Error value=72.
Error= actual value- error value.
= 80-72.
= 8.

So error%= (error/actual value)×100.
=(8/80)×100.
= (1/10)×100.
= 10%.
Hope it helps.