Answer:
a. Percent error = 12.5%
b. Percent error = 20%
c. Product = 250
d. Area of rectangle = 200 cm²
Step-by-step explanation:
Given the following data;
Actual length = 40cm
Experimental length = 35cm
Actual breadth = 50cm
Experimental breadth = 60cm
To find the following values;
a. Percentage error in length;
Percent error can be defined as a measure of the extent to which an experimental value differs from the theoretical value.
Mathematically, it is given by this expression;
[tex] Percent \; error = \frac {experimental \;value - actual \; value}{ actual \;value} *100[/tex]
Substituting into the formula, we have;
[tex] Percent \; error = \frac {35 - 40}{40} *100[/tex]
[tex] Percent \; error = \frac {5}{40} *100[/tex]
[tex] Percent \; error = 0.125 *100[/tex]
Percent error = 12.5%
b. Percentage error in breadth;
[tex] Percent \; error = \frac {60 - 50}{50} *100[/tex]
[tex] Percent \; error = \frac {10}{50} *100[/tex]
[tex] Percent \; error = 0.2 *100[/tex]
Percent error = 20%
c. Product of the error;
Product = 12.5 * 20
Product = 250
d. Area of the table top;
Dimensions = 50 * 40 cm
Area of rectangle = length * breadth
Area of rectangle = 40 * 50
Area of rectangle = 200 cm²
