Question

A student measured the mass of a small object and found it to be 56.0 grams. The object's mass is known to be 55.0 grams. What is the percent of error in the student's measurement?

Answer 1

The percent error is 1.82%.

Explanation:

Percent error is the absolute value of the difference between the theoretical value and the experimental value divided by the theoretical value multiplied by 100.

The percent error for the question is:

`"% error" =abs((55.0"g"-56.0"g")/(55.0"g"))xx100=1.82%`

rounded to three significant figures