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Unit-4 Decimal Fractions
In this unit we shall consider Decimal fractions.
A car speedometer registers 52 kilometre per hour. The actual car speed is 55 kilometres per hour. Find the percent of error correct to two decimal places.

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The actual difference = 55 − 52 = 3 miles. Now we want to convert this into percentages. For this note that the error in miles is corresponding to 55 km. i.e. 3 per 55.
Let x% denote the required percent. Then we have
x% of 55 = 3
x/100 × 55 = 3
x = (3 × 100)/55 = 5.45
Therefore, the percentage correct to two decimal places is 5.45%.