If a rod of length 250cm is measured as 255cm long in error, what is the percentage error in the measurement?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1983 Subject: General Mathematics

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If a rod of length 250cm is measured as 255cm long in error, what is the percentage error in the measurement?
Answer Details
% error =  Actual error real value  x 100
=  5 250  x 100
= 2

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