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A test was 125 questions and you got 107 of them correct, what was your percent error?

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Nov 30, 2016

$% Error = 14.4 %$ $% "Error"=14.4%$

Explanation:

http://www.pstcc.edu/departments/natural_behavioral_sciences/Web%20Physics/Experim%2002.htm

The accepted value is $125$ $125$ and the measured value is $107$ $107$ .

$% Error = \frac{| 125 - 107 |}{125} \times 100 = 14.4 %$ $% "Error" = abs(125-107)/125xx100=14.4%$

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