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2 In 1856, Andrew Waugh announced Mount
Everest to be 8840 m high, after several
years of calculations based on observations
made by the Great Trigonometric Survey
More recent surveys confirm the height as
8848 m. Calculate the percentage error made
in the earlier survey.

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The percentage of error that was made in the earlier survey was 0.1%.

Given that in 1856, Andrew Waugh announced Mount Everest to be 8840 m high, after several years of calculations based on observations made by the Great Trigonometric Survey, and more recent surveys confirm the height as 8848 meters, to calculate the percentage error made in the earlier survey the following calculation should be performed:

  • 8848 = 100
  • 8840 = X
  • 8840 x 100/8848 = X
  • 884,000 / 8848 = X
  • 99.9 = X
  • 100 - 99.9 = 0.1

Therefore, the percentage of error that was made in the earlier survey was 0.1%.

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