document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182899>Question 182899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A nursing student took a patient's pulse and determined his heart rate to be 74 beats per minute. At the same time, a monitor measured the patient's heart rate to be exactly 1.3 beats per second. Calculate the student's percent of error to the nearest tenth of a percent. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "74 beats per minute = 74/60 = 1.233 beats per seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quatitative difference: 1.3-1.233 = 0.067<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The nursing student measure was 0.067 below the monitor measure of 1.3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.067/1.3 = 0.051 or 5.1%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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