Question

The boiling point of ethanol is 78.40 c. A student conducts an experiment and finds a boiling point at 75.70 c. What was the percent error? (Please show work I have no idea how to do this cause we haven't learned it yet)

Answer 1

Erm I did this and got a negative value

Answer 2

Answer:

$\% \: error = | \frac{origina - expirimental}{original} | \times 100 \\ | \frac{78.40 - 75.70}{78.40} | \times 100 \\ = \frac{2.7}{78.4} \times 100 \\ =3.44 \\ thank \: you$