Question

A student measures the mass of a sample as 9.67g. Calculate the percent error , given that the correct mass is 9.87. Show step-by-step calculation.

Answer 1

9.87-9.67/9.81*100 percent



= 0.2 / 9.87 *100 percent

= 0.020

Answer 2

in order to calculate this, you need to solve :


`(9.87 - 9.67)/(9.87)` x 100 %

= 0.2 / 9.87 x 100 %

= 2.02 %

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