A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 239 lb when it was born the elephant actually waited 271 pounds at Birth what was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction

A) 13.39%

B) 32%

C) 11.81%

D) 88.19%

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Daniela Adkins

Mathematics

13 October, 06:42

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 239 lb when it was born the elephant actually waited 271 pounds at Birth what was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction

A) 13.39%

B) 32%

C) 11.81%

D) 88.19%

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Josue Ali · Answer 1

88.19%

Explain:

divide the two numbers and you get

0.881918819188192

which converted to percentages is:

88.1918819188192%

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A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 239 lb when it was born the elephant actually waited 271 pounds at Birth what was the percent error of the zookeeper's predictionA) 13.39%B) 32%C) 11.81%D) 88.19%

A zookeeper predicted the weight of a new baby elephant to be 239 lb when it was born the elephant actually waited 271 pounds at Birth what was the percent error of the zookeeper's prediction

A) 13.39%

B) 32%

C) 11.81%

D) 88.19%