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Andrej [43]
3 years ago
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The melting point of potassium thiocyanate determined by a student in the laboratory turned out to be 174.5 oC. The accepted val

ue of this melting point is 173.2 oC. What is the percent error in this reading?
Physics
1 answer:
yaroslaw [1]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

0.75%

Explanation:

Measured value of melting point of potassium thiocyanate = 174.5 °C

Actual value of melting point of potassium thiocyanate = 173.2 °C

<em>Error in the reading = |Experimental value - Theoretical value|</em>

<em>= |174.5 - 173.2|</em>

<em>= |1.3|</em>

<em>Percentage error = (Error / Theoretical value) × 100</em>

<em>= (1.3 / 173.2)×100</em>

<em>= 0.75 %</em>

∴ Percentage error in the reading is 0.75%

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