A university football stadium has 81,500 seats. the stadium is at full capacity on game day. layla believes only 79,00 seats are occupied. find the percent error of laylas prediction. round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
To find the percent error, we need to calculate the difference between the actual value and the predicted value, divide that by the actual value, and then multiply by 100.
Actual value: 81,500
Predicted value: 79,000
Difference: 81,500 - 79,000 = 2,500
Percent error: (2,500 / 81,500) * 100 = 3.07%
Rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent, the percent error of Layla's prediction is 3.07%.