SOLUTION: Find the allowable percentage error in the radius of a circle if the area is to be corrected to within 5%.
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Question 1082950: Find the allowable percentage error in the radius of a circle if the area is to be corrected to within 5%.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It would be the sqrt (1.05), since area varies as the square of the radius.
That value is 1.025, and the allowable percentage is 2.5%.
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