Question

1. Marisa determined the melting point of a substance to be 24.5C. Find the percent error of her measurement if the actual melting point is 31.2C.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\%\ Error = 21.5\%$

Explanation:

Given

$Measured = 24.5$

$Actual = 31.2$

Required

Determine the percentage error

First, we need to determine the difference in the measurement

$Difference = |Actual - Measured|$

$Difference = |31.2 - 24.5|$

$Difference = |6.7|$

$Difference = 6.7$

The percentage error is calculated as thus:

$\%\ Error = \frac{Difference * 100\%}{Actual}$

$\%\ Error = \frac{6.7 * 100\%}{31.2}$

$\%\ Error = \frac{670\%}{31.2}$

$\%\ Error = 21.4743589744\%$

$\%\ Error = 21.5\%$ approximated