Question

It was estimated that a giraffe would be 15.5 feet tall when fully grown. its actual height was 16.25 feet. what was the percent error between the actual and estimated values of height

Answer 1

What you do is subtract 16.25 by 15.5
- you get 0.75

Then do 0.75/16.25
It is 0.04615384615
When you convert that into percentages it would be a 4.6153% rounded up to 4.62 percent error