If at the beginning of the experiment, you accidentally recorded the mass of your empty beaker to be higher than the actual mass, how would this influence the final calculated percentage of the isolated sample? (Higher calculated %, lower calculated %, same calculated %)? Why do you believe this?

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 If at the beginning of the experiment, you accidentally recorded the mass of your empty

beaker to be higher than the actual mass, how would this influence the final calculated

percentage of the isolated sample? (Higher calculated %, lower calculated %, same

calculated %)? Why do you believe this?

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