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Chemistry Precision and Accuracy Calculations?

Height/Diameter of Cylinder 9.3 cm/2.7 cmMass of water with/without aluminum 176.01 g/157.81gVolume of water with aluminum 56.1 mL/50 mL1Using your height and diameter values, calculate the volume of the 100 mL graduated cylinder up to its 50 mL mark2Assume the accepted value for the volume of a graduated cylinder up to the 50 mL mark is 50.00 mLCalculate the percentage error in your calculations from item 2Be sure to follow significant-figure rules in your calculations3Calculate the volume of the aluminumCalculate the mass of the aluminumUse these 2 values to calculate the density of the aluminumShow all your work.4Calculate the percentage the error by comparing your experimental value with the values below you found in the handbook.

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1.The area of cylinder is Pi x Radius ^2 x heightThe diameter is 2 x radius, so r 1.85 h of the total 100 mL cylinder is 9.3, but we fill it only half way (50 ml), so the height is halved to 4.65 so then we plug in: Pi x (1.85)^2 x 4.65 49.99726 cm^3 At room temp (20 C) this would also be the volume in mL: 49.997 mL(Rounded to 50.00 mL) 2percent error: 50.00-49.997 0.003 0.003/50.00 0.006% 3Vol with Al 56.1 ml (56.1 cm^3) Vol without Al 50 ml (50 cm^3) 56.1-50.0 6.1 cm^3 Mass with Al 176.01 g Mass without Al 157.81 g 176.01-157.81 18.2 g density mass/volume density g/cm^3 18.2g/6.1 cm^3 2.98 g/cm^3 4You will have to look at your handbook to find the valueThen it's: the absolute value of (experimental - actual)/experimental into a percentHope this helps(Note, the answer for question 1 is so darned close to 50.00 mL, I'm not sure if you can really call that a percentage error for question 2; I mean 0.006% is really low.

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