The base of a right circular cylinder has a diameter of 5.00 inches. sally measured the circumference of the base cylinder and recorded it to be 15.5 inches. what is the percent of error in her measurement? express your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
explain what you did to get your answer!

The percent of error in her measurement is 1.3%

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The circumference of a circle is equal to

where

D is the diameter

we have

assume

substitute

----> This value represent the 100% (theoretical value)

Find the difference between the theoretical value and the measured value

Find the percentage by proportion

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step-by-step explanation:

what is the question? i am guessing you are looking for the area.

to find an area, you have to do length x width.

in this case, it would be 12 ft x 4 ft = 48 sq. ft