A university football stadium has 81,500 seats. The stadium is at full capacity on game day. Layla believes only 79,000 seats are occupied. Find the percent error of Layla's prediction. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
A. 0.0307%
B. 90.3067%
C. -3.07%
D. 3.07%
The percent error can be calculated by finding the difference between the actual number of seats occupied and Layla's predicted number of seats occupied, dividing that difference by the actual number of seats occupied, and then multiplying by 100.
Actual number of seats occupied = 81,500
Layla's predicted number of seats occupied = 79,000
Difference = 81,500 - 79,000 = 2,500
Percent error = (2,500 / 81,500) x 100 = 0.0307%
Therefore, the correct answer is A. 0.0307%.