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Mrs worthy estimate the weight of her puppy to be 20 pounds. The actual weight of the puppy is 25.4 pounds. what is the percent error of Mrs worthy estimation?round to the nearest tenth

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Given data:

The estimate weight of the puppy is E=20 pound.

The actual weight is A=25.4 pounds.

The expression for the percentage error is,

[tex]e=\frac{A-E}{A}\times100[/tex]

Substitute the given values in the above expression.

[tex]\begin{gathered} e=\frac{25.4-20}{25.4}\times100 \\ =\frac{5.4}{25.4}\times100 \\ =21.26 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, the percentage error is 21.26%.