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The side lengths of a rectangle have been measured to the nearest half of a meter as 7.5 and 18.5. What is the greatest possible percent error in finding the area of the rectangle?

 Dec 3, 2016
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"The side lengths of a rectangle have been measured to the nearest half of a meter as 7.5 and 18.5. What is the greatest possible percent error in finding the area of the rectangle?"

 

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 Dec 3, 2016
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The description before A4 should read "Minimum L and Minimum W" of course!

Alan  Dec 3, 2016

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