Question

a student measured a volume using a graduated cylinder he read the volume to be 9.01. The teacher read the volume and said the accurate value is 8.97mL. What is the percent error?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 0.46 %

Explanation:

The percentage error of a certain measurement can be found by using the formula

$P(\%) = \frac{error}{actual \: \: number} \times 100\%$

From the question

actual volume = 8.97 mL

error = 9.01 - 8.97 = 0.04

So we have

$P(\%) = \frac{0.04}{8.97} \times 100 \\ = 0.4459308807...$

We have the final answer as

0.46 %

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