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. (1 point)
To find the percent error, we first need to find the difference between the predicted value and the actual value.
Actual value: 81,500 seats
Predicted value: 79,000 seats
Difference = Actual value - Predicted value
Difference = 81,500 - 79,000
Difference = 2,500
Next, we need to find the percent of error. The percent error is calculated by dividing the difference by the actual value and multiplying by 100.
Percent error = (Difference / Actual value) * 100
Percent error = (2,500 / 81,500) * 100
Using a calculator, we can find that the percent error is approximately 3.07%.
Therefore, Layla's prediction has a percent error of 3.07%.