Question

5. A standardized mass was known to weigh exactly 5.0000g. It was weighed on a newly

acquired, uncalibrated balance as 5.001g. Calculate the absolute error and the percent error.

Answer 1

Absolute error
`= 0.001`

% Error
`= 002` 5

Step-by-step explanation:

The absolute error is the the difference in the measured value and the actual value of a quantity.

Here the actual value is
`5.0000` grams

The measured value is
`5.001` grams

Absolute error

`5.001 - 5.000\\= 0.001`

Percent error

`= (AE)/(AV)`

Where AE stands for absolute error and AV stands for absolute value.

`= (0.001)/(5.000) * 100\\`

`= 0.02` %