While measuring the sides of a rectangular park, if one side is measured 6% more and the other side 5% less, what will be the percentage error in the calculation of the area?
Subject: Mathematics | Topic: Arithmetic | Difficulty: MEDIUM
Options
- (A) No change
- (B) 0.2% increase
- (C) 0.7% increase
- (D) 0.7% decrease
Verified Answer
Option (C): 0.7% increase
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