I took my dog comet to the vet last week, and as part of his checkup they weigh him on a scale that was a little bit off. The scale he weighed 53 pounds, but he really weighs 59 pounds. What is the absolute error in comet's weight? What is the relative error in Comets weight ( round to the nearest tenth of a percent
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