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)
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To find the percent error, we need to calculate the difference between the actual number of seats occupied and Layla's prediction, and then divide that difference by the actual number of seats occupied.
Actual number of seats occupied: 81,500
Layla's prediction: 79,000
Difference: 81,500 - 79,000 = 2,500
Percent error = (Difference / Actual number of seats occupied) * 100
Percent error = (2,500 / 81,500) * 100
Percent error ≈ 3.07%
Therefore, the percent error of Layla's prediction is approximately 3.07%.