SOLUTION: Carter measures a line to be 9.93 cm long. If the actual measurement is 10 cm, find Carter's relative error to the nearest tenth.

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Question 877466: Carter measures a line to be 9.93 cm long. If the actual measurement is 10 cm, find Carter's relative error to the nearest tenth.
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Carter measures a line to be 9.93 cm long. If the actual measurement is 10 cm, find Carter's relative error to the nearest tenth.
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(10 - 9.93)/10 = 0.007
= 0.7%