A 5.0g of salt was weighted by Tunde as 5.1g. What is the percentage error?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1988 Subject: General Mathematics

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A 5.0g of salt was weighted by Tunde as 5.1g. What is the percentage error?
Answer Details
% error =  actual error true value  x 100
Where actual error = 5.1 - 5.0 = 0.1
true value = 5.0g
% error =  0.1 5.0  x 100
=  10 5
= 2

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