The accepted value for the boiling water is 100.0 degrees Celsius when you measure this value in the laboratory your result is 98.5 degrees Celsius What is the percent error?

Answer 1

To find percent error, use this formula:

(actual - experimental) / actual = x

Then multiply x by 100 for your percentage.

In this case, it would be:

(100.0 C - 98.5) / (100) = .015

.015 x 100 = 1.5%

There was a 1.5% error.