Chase got a lab report back with a "-5.0% error" written in red on it. He had determined the boiling point of an unknown liquid to be 45°C. What is the correct boiling point of the unknown liquid?

Answer: The boiling point of the liquid is 47.368°C.
Explanation: The percent error is a tool used to determine the precision of the calculations.
[tex]\%\text{ error}=\frac{(\text{Experimental Value - Theoretical Value})}{\text{Theoretical Value}}\times100[/tex]
Here, we need to calculate the Theoretical Value,
Experimental value = 45°C
% error = -5.0%
Let theoretical value be "x"
[tex]-5.0=\frac{(45-x)}{x}\times100[/tex]
[tex]-5x=(45-x)\times 100\\-5x=4500-100x\\95x=4500\\x=47.368\°C[/tex]
The correct boiling point of the unknown liquid is 47.368°C