A time interval of 3 minutes and 20 seconds is wrongly measured as 3 minutes and 25 seconds. What is the percentage error?

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The error is:

Thus, the percentage error is:

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A time interval of 3 minutes and 20 seconds is wrongly measured as 3 minutes and 25 seconds. What is the percentage error?

The error is: Thus, the percentage error is:

The error is:

Thus, the percentage error is: