Question

lydia and kaden measure the speed of the wind for an experiment in their science class. in the morning, lydia measured the wind speed as 15 miles per hour (mph) when the correct speed was 10 mph. in the afternoon, kaden measured the wind speed as 35 mph when the correct speed was 50 mph.

student	wind speed measurement (mph)	correct wind speed (mph)	amount of error (mph)
kaden	35	50

find the amount of error for lydias measurement.
miles per hour

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate absolute error

$\text{Error} = |\text{Measured Value} - \text{Correct Value}|$

Step2: Plug in Lydia's values

$\text{Error} = |15 - 10| = 5$

Answer:

5 miles per hour