Measurement exercise
Use this alongside Measurement exercise.
Check your percent-error calculation
Enter the two values from your own work in the same unit.
Use a nonzero accepted value.
Percent error · Wadson convention
Percent error = |experimental − accepted| / |accepted| × 100. Use the accepted/reference value in the denominator. The result is nonnegative and is expressed as a percent, with no physical unit. Keep extra digits until the final result; the supplied evidence does not establish a universal two-decimal rule.
Precision and notation
Record instrument uncertainty from the actual instrument or the question. has one nonzero digit before the decimal. Match rounding to the operation and measured precision, then attach the correct unit.
Questions
- Percent error
Use the experimental and accepted values in your actual percent-error question.
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