document.write( "Question 1055384: Margie calculated that she would spend $175 on school supplies this year. She actually spent $97.50 on school supplies. What is Margie’s percent of error?
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she estimated that she would spend $175.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "she was off by 175 - 97.5 = 77.5\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the percent error that her estimate was from the actual value would be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "77.5 / 97.5 * 100 = 79.48717949 percent more than the actual value.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the percent error that her actual value was from the estimate would be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "77.5 / 175 * 100 = 44.28571429 percent less than the estimate.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "i believe you are looking for the percent error over the actual value.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that would be 79.48717949 percent.\r
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