Jocelyn estimates that a piece of wood measures 5.5 cm. If it actually measures 5.62 cm, what is the percent error of Jocelyn’s estimate? 2.14%

2.18%

12%

46.83%

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2.18 %

Step-by-step explanation: error is (5,62-5,5) / 5,5 = 2.18

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: