Experimentally a chemist determined the molecular weight of the compound aniline to be 94.45 a/mol. Calculate the percent error in this determination. The accepted value of the molecular weight of aniline is 93.13 g/mol. Is the result accurate? Explain

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Experimentally a chemist determined the molecular weight of the compound aniline to be 94.45
/mol. Calculate the percent error in this determination. The accepted value of the molecular
weight of aniline is 93.13 g/mol. Is the result accurate? Explain.
Transcribed Image Text:Experimentally a chemist determined the molecular weight of the compound aniline to be 94.45 /mol. Calculate the percent error in this determination. The accepted value of the molecular weight of aniline is 93.13 g/mol. Is the result accurate? Explain.
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