Izzy orders gloves for the 36 players on the teams combined. Izzy estimates that 10% of the players are left-handed, so he orders 3 left-handed gloves. Is that enough? Explain.If there are actually 7 left-handed players on both teams, what is the percent error of Izzy’s order? Round to the nearest whole percent

Respuesta :

36 gloves represent 100%.

To find how many gloves represent 10%, we can use the next proportion:

[tex]\frac{36\text{ gloves}}{x\text{ gloves}}=\frac{100\text{ \%}}{10\text{ \%}}[/tex]

Solving for x:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 36\cdot10=100\cdot x \\ \frac{360}{100}=x \\ 3.6=x \end{gathered}[/tex]

This result indicates that 3 gloves are less than 10%, so she should have ordered 4 gloves.

The percent error is computed as follows:

[tex]\text{ percent error = |}\frac{\text{ approx}imate\text{ value - exact value}}{\text{ exact value}}|\cdot100[/tex]

Substituting with data:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ percent error = |}\frac{3-7}{7}|\cdot100 \\ \text{ percent error = |}\frac{-4}{7}|\cdot100 \\ \text{ percent error = }\frac{4}{7}\cdot100 \\ \text{ percent error }\approx\text{ }57\text{ \%} \end{gathered}[/tex]