Given
Andrew thought he could score 25 points on an arcade game but he only scored 17.
To find:
What was Andrew's percent error?
Explanation:
It is given that,
Andrew thought he could score 25 points on an arcade game but he only scored 17.
Then, Andrew's percent error is,
[tex]\begin{gathered} Percent\text{ }error=\frac{|Actual\text{ }value-Expected\text{ }value|}{|Actual\text{ }value|}\times100 \\ =\frac{|17-25|}{|17|}\times100 \\ =\frac{8}{17}\times100 \\ =47\% \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, Andrew's percent error is 47%.
