Joshua uses his thermometer and finds the boiling point of ethyl alcohol to be 75 degrees Celsius. He looks in a reference book

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and finds that the actual boiling point of ethyl alcohol is 80 degrees Celsius. What is his percent error?

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Elenna [48] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-29T23:17:07+03:00

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Answer:

6.25%

Step-by-step explanation:

75 - 80 = -5

Absolute value of -5 is positive so -5 = 5

5 ÷ 80 = 0.0625 (1/16)

0.0625 × 100 = 6.25%

Joshua's percent error is 6.25%

vaieri [72.5K] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-30T01:20:55+03:00

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Just took this it’s 6.25%