Question

verin said hs dogs weighs 76 pounds. at the vets he actually weighted 78.2 pounds. what is the percent errour. round to the nearest tenths

Answer 1

2.8% if you mean nearest whole % its 3.0%

Answer 2

76-78.2= absolute value of 2.2
2.2/78.2= 0.028....
0.028 x 100= 2.8%