document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1172053>Question 1172053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A basketball player guesses her team will score 57 points during the game. The player's team actually scores 63 points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the percent error in the player's guess?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The percent error in the player's guess is   &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2863-57%29%2F57 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2863-57%29%2F57\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F57 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F57\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 0.1053 (rounded) = 10.5% (rounded).    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>ANSWER</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In such problems, calculations is not a major goal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The major goal is to correctly <U>organize</U> calculations by choosing correctly the base for comparison.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem asks to compute the percent error in the player's guess.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the base is the player's guess value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Had the problem asked about the percent of the deviation from the actual score, the base for comparison would be actual score.\r<BR>\n" );
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