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
The absolute value of the error is 81500 - 79000 = <<81500-79000=2500>>2500.
The percent error is (2500 / 81500) * 100 = 3.07%. Answer: \boxed{3.07}.