Question

What is the percent error if the accepted value is 80g and the measured is 82g?

Answer 1

The percent error is basically the fractional deviation from the accepted value.

The percent error is the absolute difference between the measured/approximate and accepted/exact values, relative to the exact value:

`\mathbf(% "Error" = |"Approximate" - "Exact"|/("Exact")xx100%)`

`= |82 - 80|/(80)xx100%`

`= color(blue)(2.5%)`

So the percent error is `2.5%`.