Question

teresa estimates that the height of a giraffe in a zoo with 18 feet in fact it is 16 feet tall what is testers percent error use proportional relationships to solve the problem be sure to show all your work provide your answer as a percentage and round your answer to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find Teresa's percent error, we first need to calculate the difference between her estimate and the actual value:

Estimated height: 18 feet
Actual height: 16 feet

Difference = Estimated height - Actual height
Difference = 18 feet - 16 feet
Difference = 2 feet

Now we can calculate the percent error by using the formula:

Percent Error = (Difference / Actual value) * 100

Percent Error = (2 feet / 16 feet) * 100
Percent Error = (0.125) * 100

Percent Error = 12.5%

Therefore, Teresa's percent error is 12.5%.