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A student estimated a mass to be 325g, but upon carefully measuring it, found the actual mass to be 342g. What is the percent error?
| Experimental Value - Accepted Value |
---------------------------------------------- x 100 %
Accepted Value
| 325 g - 342 g| 17
------------------ x 100 % = ------ x 100 % = 4.97 % Error
342 g 342