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Eric measures a line to be 2.32 in long. If the actual measurement is 2 in, find Eric's relative error to the nearest thousandth.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Absolute error = |2.32 − 2| = 0.32.
Relative error = 0.32 / 2 = 0.160.

So the relative error (to the nearest thousandth) is 0.160 (or 16.0%).