Find the absolute and relative errors in the following situation. You measure the length of a flower garden to be ten 4​-foot paces. A tape measure gives the actual length as 38.3 feet.

Answer 1

4(10)-38.3 = 1.3 foot absolute error

1.3/40 = 0.0325 = 3.25% relative error

each 4 foot pace was off by 1.3/10 = 0.13 ft.

.13/4 = the same percentage error per pace = 3.25%