Question

A university football stadium has 81,500 seats. The stadium is at full capacity on game day. Layla believes only 79,000 seats are occupied. Find the percent error of Layla’s prediction. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.(1 point)
Responses

0.0307%
0.0307%

90.3067%
90.3067%

3.07%
3.07%

−3.07%

Answer 1

To find the percent error of Layla's prediction, we need to calculate the difference between her prediction and the actual number of occupied seats, and then divide it by the actual number of occupied seats.

The difference between Layla's prediction (79,000) and the actual number of occupied seats (81,500) is 81,500 - 79,000 = 2,500.

So the percent error is (2,500 / 81,500) * 100 = 0.0307%

Therefore, the correct answer is 0.0307%.