Answer:
There are a lot of things that can go wrong, especially when we have an error in a measure that we use a lot of times (each time, that error increases).
For example, you think that each meter of fence costs $5, but the actual price is $5.30, and you need 40 meters, then you think that you may need to pay:
40*$5 = $200
But they will actually charge you:
40*$5.30 = $212.
Now this is a small example, now let's go to medicine, suppose that you want to trait cancer with radiation in a pacient, if you do not use precise measures for the dosage of radiation or the measures of the tumor, you may cause a lot of damage in the patient. (And similar cases if you want to give some medication and the numbers that you use are not precise, you may overdose the patient)
So the use of precise numbers may be critical in a lot of scenarios.
Yes what the person above me said
First, find what percentage of students had 3 or more by adding up your known percents:
45% + 23 % + 21% + x% = 100%
x = 11%
Since you're given that 96 students had 2 or more, you add up the percentages of 2 and 3 or more:
11 + 21 = 32%
Now set up a proportion that relates it to the whole:

This will allow you to find the total number of students at the school.
Cross multiplying and solving for x results in 300 total students.
Question 1:
45% had one or more absences. 45% of 300 students is
135 students.
Question 2:
As we found before, 11% of students had three or more. 11% of 300 is
33 students.
Answer:
0.3
Step-by-step explanation: