Practice problem

Percent Error - Definition & Examples

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Jonathan Heller
Joshua Siktar
Victor Wang
Anusha Rahman

Scott Dixon's car from the 2008 Indy 500 — By Carey Atkin via Wikimedia Commons

The fastest car ever recorded at the Indianapolis $500$ was recorded at $237.498$ miles per hour. Let's say a rookie driver is only able to get up to a measly $200$ miles per hour. What is their percent error? Round to the nearest thousandth.