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  1. June 17th 2008, 08:12 PM #1
    dclivefree
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    Red face Percent error

    I need to calculate the percent difference between the observed and predicted times of 76.5 sec and 10.3 sec
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  2. June 17th 2008, 08:19 PM #2
    sean.1986
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    (76.5/10.3) * 100 = 733.98

    So the observed was 633.98% higher than the predicted.
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