You estimate that a baby pig weighs 21 lbs but it weighs 28 lbs what is the percent of error

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Atticus Walsh

9 January, 07:17

You estimate that a baby pig weighs 21 lbs but it weighs 28 lbs what is the percent of error

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Nikolas Sparks · Answer 1

Your estimate of the baby pig's weight is 2 pounds. However the actual weight of it is only 16 pounds.

Let's solve for the percentage error of this.

=> 20 - 16 = 4 pounds

=> 4 / 16 = 0.25

=> 0.25 * 100% = 25%

Thus, you added 25% of the baby pig's weight

Johanna Romero · Answer 2

77.777%

i may not be understanding fully tho