A Percentage Yield Greater Than 100% Has Been Reported in a Scientific

question 30

Multiple Choice

A percentage yield greater than 100% has been reported in a scientific paper you are assigned to read. What would be a reasonable explanation for this?

• A)A lack of training of the professor who published the study.
• B)The product was measured more than once.
• C)Small measurement errors could have caused this to occur.
• D)It must be a typographical error since yields can't exceed 100%.

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