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Percent error of a measurement
Compute the percent error of the measurement.
The actual value is 20, but the measurement gave 22.
What is the percent error?
%
All difficulties
0%
Accuracy
0
Current streak
0
Total answers
0
Correct
What does this generator do?
The generator picks an actual/measured pair so the percent error is a clean integer (5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 20 % or 25 %).
How to solve it
Find the absolute difference between measured and actual. Divide by the actual value and multiply by 100 %.