29/03/2020
GOOD DAY EVERYONE
Today we shall be talking about percentage error
PERCENTAGE ERROR
Formula : percentage error = (Error made / Actual measurement) × 100.
Yes correct, but that has been the formula we have been using.
There is a new formula that can be used to solve problems on percentage error.
NOTE THAT : THIS FORMULA IS NOT FROM ANY TEXTBOOK OR MATERIAL.
Infact the formula will be derived below but also note that it is from the first formula.
NEW FORMULA:
Percentage Error = ( Error made / Actual measurement ) × 100.
Let Error made = E
Actual measurement = M
Percentage Error = ℅E
%E = ( E / M ) × 100
℅E = ( E × 100 ) /M
%E × M = 100E
(%E × M) / 100 = E
E = (%E × M) / 100 ( Re-arrangement)
E = %E × ( M / 100 )
E= %E × 0.0M
%E = E / 0.0M .
Simplifying ( E / 0.0M ), we have it to be = E × ( 1/0.0M). Yet again, simplifying ( 1 / 0.0M ), we have it to be = ( 100 / M ).
So, ( E / 0.0M ) = ( E ) × ( 100 / M ).
Therefore,
℅E = E × ( 100 / M )
%E = E × ( 100 / M )
I would like my formula to have a square root, so introducing a square root, I would have to multiply by 10
%E = E × ( 100 / M )
%E = ( 10 × E ) × ( √100/M ) ( Note only 100 is inside the square root).
THEREFORE ,
%E = 10E( √100/M ).
NEW FORMULA :
%E = 10E ( √ 100 / M ).
Therefore,
Percentage error = (Error made / Actual Measurement) × 100 is = percentage error = (10× Error made) × ( √ 100 / Actual Measurement).
MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN...
BY : OMIJIE MIRACLE
An example is given below
Example:
A boy measured a stick to be 7cm instead of 9cm. Calculate the percentage error.
SOLUTION...
First Formula:
Percentage Error = ( Error made / Actual measurement ) × 100
Error made = ( 9 - 7 ) cm = 2 cm
Percentage error = ( 2 / 9 ) × 100
Percentage error = 22.22%
Using the New Formula
Error made = ( 9 - 7 )cm = 2 cm
Percentage Error = ( 10 × Error made ) × ( √ 100 / Actual Measurement )
Percentage Error = ( 10 × 2 ) × ( √ 100 / 9 )
Percentage Error = 22.22%
First formula = New Formula
22.22% = 22.22%
NOTE IN USING THE SECOND FORMULA, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE SQUARE ROOT. THIS WILL LEAD US TO THE NEXT SECTION.
NOTE / FACT
~ ( √ 100 / M ) IS NOT = √ ( 100 / M )
LET M = 10
( √ 100 / 10 ) IS NOT = √ ( 100 / 10 )
1 IS NOT = 3.16227
MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN
~( 1 / 0.0M ) IS = ( 100 / M )
LET M = 2
( 1 / 0.02 ) IS = ( 100 / 2
)
50 IS = 50
MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN.
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BY : OMIJIE MIRACLE