The true price of a gift you purchase by​ mail-order is ​$18.88​, but you are billed for $ 19.17. Find the absolute and relative errors. The absolute error is ​

Question

The true price of a gift you purchase by mail-order is $18.88, but you are billed for $ 19.17. Find the absolute and relative errors.
The absolute error is $
0.29
0.29.
(Type an ingeter or a decimal.)
The relative error is
nothing%. (Round to one decimal place as needed.)

Answer 1

The true price of a gift you purchase by mail-order is $18.88, but you are billed for $ 19.17. Find the absolute and relative errors.

 

The absolute error is $0.29 (19.17-18.88) and the relative error, is 1.53%; that is, 0.29 is 1.53% of 18.88.