A student finds the density of an ice cube to be 0.80g/cm3; it is actually 0.90 g/cm3. What is the percent deviation (percent error) in this calculation?

(1)6 percent
(2)11 percent
(3)13 percent
(4)88 percent

(2)?

To calculate the percent deviation or percent error, you can use the formula:

Percent Deviation = (|experimental value - accepted value| / accepted value) x 100

In this case, the experimental value is 0.80 g/cm³, and the accepted value is 0.90 g/cm³.

So, the calculation would be:

Percent Deviation = (|0.80 - 0.90| / 0.90) x 100
= (0.10 / 0.90) x 100
= 0.1111 x 100
= 11.11 percent

Therefore, the correct answer is (2) 11 percent.

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Is this actual lab data or just a hypothetical situation? If these are actually experimental results, I would suspect that there was some sort of error that would account for such a sharp difference.