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Andrew estimated the weight of his dog to be 60 lb. The dog’s actual weight was 68 lb. What was the percent error in Andrew’s estimate? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent. %

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The equation for percent error is: [tex]|\frac{Experimental - Accepted}{Accepted}| * 100[/tex]

60 lb is the experimental and 68 lb is the accepted.

Plug in you values...

[tex]| \frac{60-68}{68}| * 100 [/tex] ≈ 11.76 %

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