Question

The weight of a sand bag is 40 kg. In a hurry it was weighted as 40.8 kg. The error percentage is :
Answer is 2% why ? explain

Answer 1

Answer:

Now, according to the question, we can say that the expected value is 40 kg and the observed value is 40.8 kg. So, we can write the percentage error of the sandbag as follows. Hence, we get the percentage error of the sandbag as 2%.