Question

The teacher said the volume of the liquid was 500 mL when measured a student found it was 499.7 mL what is the students percent error

Answer 1

Answer:

0.06 %

Explanation:

The percentage error of a certain measurement can be found by using the formula

$P(\%) = \frac{error}{actual \: \: number} \times 100\%$

From the question

error = 500 - 499.7 = 0.3

actual volume = 500 mL

We have

$p(\%) = \frac{0.3}{500} \times 100 \\ = \frac{3}{50}$

We have the final answer as

0.06 %

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