A student measures the mass of a lab sample as 2.7 grams. What is the percent error, given that the correct mass is 2.58 grams? Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent". A- 104.65% B- 4.65 C- 95.56 D- 4.44

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"A student measures the mass of a lab sample as 2.7 grams. What is the percent error, given that the correct mass is 2.58 grams? Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent". A- 104.65% B- 4.65 C- 95.56 D- 4.44 What would be the correct answer? please and thank you :)
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Percentage error:

Percentage error is defined as the absolute value of the difference between the experimental value and the exact value, divided by the exact value and multiplied by 100.

                          % error=experimental value-exact valueexact value×100

Given

Experimental value =2.7

              Exact value=2.58

Calculate the error percentage.

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