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A student conducts an experiment to determine how the temperature of water affects the time for salt to dissolve in 100 mL of water. The student makes one measurement for each temperature. What is one way that the student could improve the experiment?

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For each temperature, repeat the same experiment a few times and report the mean of the readings. Doing so may help reduce the random error in the result.

Step-by-step explanation:

Random errors are errors due to random variations in the measuring device. For instance, if a stopwatch is used to measure the same amount of time, the readings each time might be slightly different. However, the mean (average) value of these readings should be a good approximate of the true value.

There are a few possible sources of random errors in this experiments. Examples include the stopwatch, the scale, the thermometer, and even the response time of the student. Repeating the experiment a few times for each temperature could help make the average value of the measurements more accurate.

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