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)

Answer 1

The actual number of occupied seats is 81,500.

The predicted number of occupied seats by Layla is 79,000.

To find the percent error, we need to calculate the difference between the predicted and actual values, divide it by the actual value, and multiply by 100 to get the percentage.

Percent Error = (Actual Value - Predicted Value) / Actual Value * 100

Percent Error = (81500 - 79000) / 81500 * 100
Percent Error = 2500 / 81500 * 100
Percent Error ≈ 3.07

Rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent, the percent error of Layla's prediction is 3.07%.