Krisha has a chocolate Labrador retriever named Sam. She believes her dog weighs 55 pounds. Sam’s actual weight is 75 pounds. Find the percentage error. Round the answer to the nearest hundredth.

3 answers

The percentage error is 36.36%.
I would do it this way:
error = 75-55 = 20
percent error = 20/75 = .2666.. = 26.7%
wrong for both of you try again