Percent error of a measurement

Percent error of a measurement

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Compute the percent error of the measurement.

The actual value is 20, but the measurement gave 22.

What is the percent error?

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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 %.

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