Question

John predict the basketball team score 68 points if the basketball team actually scored 49 points what is John’s percentage error on your answer to the nearest 10th of a percent

Answer 1

To find John's percentage error, you will find the difference between the actual score and John's predicted and divide it by his predicted score.

68-49 = 19

19/68 = 0.2794...

This is about 27.9%.

John's percentage error was about 27.9%.