A photography club would like to raise money for a local health organization by selling popcorn the club predicts they need to sell 250 bags of popcorn to reach their goal at the end of the fundraiser they sold 266 bags of popcorn and met their goal what is the percent error? Round answer to the nearest whole number
To calculate the percent error, we need to find the difference between the predicted number of bags and the actual number of bags sold, divide it by the predicted number of bags, and then multiply by 100.
The predicted number of bags is 250, and the actual number of bags sold is 266.
Difference = Actual - Predicted
= 266 - 250
= 16
Percent Error = (Difference / Predicted) * 100
= (16 / 250) * 100
= 0.064 * 100
= 6.4
Rounding to the nearest whole number, the percent error is 6%.