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A pupil determines the velocity of sound as 330 m/s. If actual velocity of sound is 332 m/s. Calculate the percentage error.

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$% E r r o r = \frac{E r r o r \times 100}{a c u t a l v a l u e} % E r r o r = \frac{2 \times 100}{332} = 0.602 %$
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