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Module 4: Engineering Calcs · Lesson 22 of 46

Percent Error

Compare measured results to expected values.

Step 1 of 20%

Percent error = |measured − expected| ÷ expected. ABS gives the absolute value. In D2, calculate the percent error for trial 1.

Target: D2

D2
ABCDEF
1
Trial
Expected (m/s²)
Measured (m/s²)
% Error
2
1
9.81
9.65
3
2
9.81
9.9
4
3
9.81
9.78
5
4
9.81
9.6
6
7
8

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