Question

A warehouse supply worker accidentally misreads the number 75 as 57. What percent change did the reading error result in?

Answer 1

The percent change is 24 % due to reading error

Solution:

Given that a warehouse worker misread the number 75 as 57

To find: percent change due to reading error

Step 1:

Find the difference between the correct number and misread number

75 - 57 = 18

Step 2:

Calculate the percentage change due to reading error

$\text{ Percent change }= \frac{difference\ between\ numbers}{correct\ number} \times 100$

$Percent\ change= \frac{18}{75} \times 100$

$\rightarrow \frac{18}{75} \times 100 = 0.24 \times 100 = 24$

Thus the percent change is 24 % due to reading error