Teresa estimates that the height of a giraffe in a zoo is 18 feet in fact it is 16 feet tall what is Teresa percent error use proportional relationships to solve the problem show all your work and round your answer to the nearest tenth
To find the percent error, we first need to calculate the difference between the estimated height and the actual height.
Difference = 18 - 16 = 2 feet
Next, we need to find the percent difference by dividing the difference by the actual height and multiplying by 100.
Percent difference = (2 / 16) * 100 ≈ 12.5
Therefore, Teresa's percent error is approximately 12.5%.