Clare estimates that her brother is 4 feet tall. When they get measured at the doctor's office, her brother's height is 4 feet, 2 inches.

Question

the error, expressed in inches is 2 so what is the percentage of the actual height

Answer 1

To find the percentage of the actual height that the error represents, we need to divide the error by the actual height and then multiply by 100.

Error = 2 inches
Actual height = 4 feet, 2 inches = 4 feet + 2 inches = 50 inches

Percentage error = (Error / Actual height) x 100
Percentage error = (2 / 50) x 100
Percentage error = 0.04 x 100
Percentage error = 4%

Therefore, the error of 2 inches represents 4% of the actual height.