Question

A handbook gives the density of a liquid as 0.98 g/mL. What is the percent error of a density calculation of 1.10 g/mL based on lab measurements?

Answer 1

Answer:

12.24%

Explanation:

It is given that the handbook gives the density of the liquid as $0.98g/ml$

And on the based of lab measurement the density is 1.10 g/ml

Now we have to find the % error in the density measurement

So percentage error $=\frac{final\ density-initial\ density}{initial\ density}\times 100=\frac{1.10-0.98}{0.98}\times 100=12.24$ %

So the percentage error in the density measurement is 12.24%