The amount of a chemical solution is measured to be 2 liters. What is the percent error of the measurement?

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Hariharan Baskarraj
May 12, 2018

25%

Explanation:

2 liters may be 1.5 "to" 1.9 rounded up to 2 or 2.1 or 2.4 rounded down to 2.

2 - 1.5 = 0.5

percent error = ("absolute error" /" quantity") * 100

percent error = 0.5/2 * 100% = 0.25 * 100% = 25%

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