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What are the primary sources of error in an experiment where youare calculating the caloric content of food by using a calorimeterthat could explain any differences between you data and the labelinfomation for the number of Calories per gram? (Hint: How do thesesources of error relate to the assumption that Qlost=Qgained?)

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Following are some errors and their primary sources while performing the experiment of calculating calorific content of food using a caloriemeter 1 Error in thermomete The thermometer we are using may not have graduated properlyInstrumental error 2 Error in homogeneous    See Answer
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