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Example: I estimated 260 people, but 325 came. 260 − 325 = −65, ignore the "−" sign, so my error is 65 "Percentage Error": show the error as a percent
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of the exact value ... so divide by the exact value and make percent error definition it a percentage: 65/325 = 0.2 = 20% Percentage Error is all about comparing a guess or estimate to an percent error definition physics exact value. See percentage change, difference and error for other options. How to Calculate Here is the way to calculate a percentage error: Step 1: Calculate the error (subtract one value form the other) http://groups.molbiosci.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Definitions/Def-P/percent_error.html ignore any minus sign. Step 2: Divide the error by the exact value (we get a decimal number) Step 3: Convert that to a percentage (by multiplying by 100 and adding a "%" sign) As A Formula This is the formula for "Percentage Error": |Approximate Value − Exact Value| × 100% |Exact Value| (The "|" symbols mean absolute value, so negatives become positive) https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/percentage-error.html Example: I thought 70 people would turn up to the concert, but in fact 80 did! |70 − 80| |80| × 100% = 10 80 × 100% = 12.5% I was in error by 12.5% Example: The report said the carpark held 240 cars, but we counted only 200 parking spaces. |240 − 200| |200| × 100% = 40 200 × 100% = 20% The report had a 20% error. We can also use a theoretical value (when it is well known) instead of an exact value. Example: Sam does an experiment to find how long it takes an apple to drop 2 meters. The theoreticalvalue (using physics formulas)is 0.64 seconds. But Sam measures 0.62 seconds, which is an approximate value. |0.62 − 0.64| |0.64| × 100% = 0.02 0.64 × 100% = 3% (to nearest 1%) So Sam was only 3% off. Without "Absolute Value" We can also use the formula without "Absolute Value". This can give a positive or negative result, which may be useful to know. Approximate Value − Exact Value × 100% Exact Value Example: They forecast 20 mm of rain, but we really got 25 mm. 20
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"sizes" of the things being compared. The comparison is expressed as a ratio and is a unitless number. By multiplying these ratios by 100 they can be expressed as percentages so the terms percentage change, percent(age) difference, or relative percentage difference are also commonly used. The distinction between "change" and "difference" depends on whether or not one of the quantities being compared is considered a standard or reference or starting value. When this occurs, the term relative change (with respect to the reference value) is used and otherwise the term relative difference is preferred. Relative difference is often used as a quantitative indicator of quality assurance and quality control for repeated measurements where the outcomes are expected to be the same. A special case of percent change (relative change expressed as a percentage) called percent error occurs in measuring situations where the reference value is the accepted or actual value (perhaps theoretically determined) and the value being compared to it is experimentally determined (by measurement). Contents 1 Definitions 2 Formulae 3 Percent error 4 Percentage change 4.1 Example of percentages of percentages 5 Other change units 6 Examples 6.1 Comparisons 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links Definitions[edit] Given two numerical quantities, x and y, their difference, Δ = x - y, can be called their actual difference. When y is a reference value (a theoretical/actual/correct/accepted/optimal/starting, etc. value; the value that x is being compared to) then Δ is called their actual change. When there is no reference value, the sign of Δ has little meaning in the comparison of the two values since it doesn't matter which of the two values is written first, so one often works with |Δ| = |x - y|, the absolute difference instead of Δ, in these situations. Even when there is a