Question

Victor estimates that he will spend $175 on new video games he actually spent $225. what is the percent error? round to the nearest whole percent

Answer 1

Percent error = 175/225 * 100 = 77.77% = 78% after rounding-off

Answer 2

If we divide what victor thought by the actual price we will get the answer. So if we divide 175 by 225 we get 0.7777777777778 so if we want to get the nearest whole percent we would get 78%