Jada measured the height of a plant in a science experiment and finds that, to the nearest 1/4 of an inch, it is 4 3/4 inches. What is the largest the actual height of the plant could be?
4 7/10
inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the height(h) of the plant to the nearest 1/4 of an inch is 3/4 inches = 0.75 inches.

It is obvious that the height will lie within the range

2.5/4<h<3.5/4

which corresponds to the range

5/8<h<7/8 OR 0.625<h<0.875

Thus,

a. The largest actual height could be 0.875 inches, while

b. The smallest actual height could be 0.625 inches

c. The percentage error is given by the formula:

[(approx.-exact)/exact]*100%

If we take the lowest value, for instance, as the exact, i.e. 0.625 inches,

then % error = [(0.75-0.625)/0.75]*100% = 16.7%

Obviously, the same value is expected if we take the upper limit of 0.875, i.e. % error = [(0.75-0.875)/0.75]*100% = -16.7%, only that the absolute value will be taken.