How do you calculate the percentage error in a experimentally determined value?

Cp) = (175 g ) (3.6 c) (1.00 cal/gc) = 630 cal



Now calculate the Cp for the metal.

Cp = Q / (m) (^T) = 630 cal / (96.0g) (71.4 c) = 0.092 cal/gc





I don't understand where to go from here. Can someone please give me a formula to work from. Thanks!!How do you calculate the percentage error in a experimentally determined value?
%error = | AV - EV| / AV x 100

AV = accepted value

EV = experimental value



You've calculated a specific heat capacity for some metal. You need to know the metal and it's actual specific heat to compute the percent error.How do you calculate the percentage error in a experimentally determined value?
I am assuming that the metal you used was zinc since it had the closest spefic heat to your experimental value.



Percent error is:

( | theoretical - actual | ) / theoretical x 100



( | 0.093 - 0.092l | ) / 0.093 x 100 = 1.08%