A student estimated the volume of a liquid in a beaker to be 300 mL. When she poured the liquid into a graduated cylinder, she measured the volume as 295 mL. Considering the measurement in the graduated cylinder to be the accepted value, what is the percent error of the estimated volume from the beaker?
A. -1.69%
B. -1.67%
C. 1.69%
D. 1.67%

Question

A student estimated the volume of a liquid in a beaker to be 300 mL. When she poured the liquid into a graduated cylinder, she measured the volume as 295 mL. Considering the measurement in the graduated cylinder to be the accepted value, what is the percent error of the estimated volume from the beaker? 
	A.	-1.69%
	B.	-1.67%
	C.	1.69%
	D.	1.67%

anonymous · Answer

Here is a site: http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/percentage-error.html.

anonymous · Answer

Anyway, it's C.

anonymous · Answer

(300-295)/295 = 0.0169....
0.0169 x 100 = 1.69%