SOLUTION: A condidate was to submit 15 from a certain number but mistakenly mistakenly added 25 and her answer was 145. What is the percentage error

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Question 1197260: A condidate was to submit 15 from a certain number but mistakenly mistakenly added 25 and her answer was 145. What is the percentage error

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Instead of  " condidate "  write  " candidate ".

Instead of  " to submit 15 from a certain number "  write  "to subtract 15 from a certain number".


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