Theoretically, a student performing a lab experiment was expected to get 9 g of product. Instead, the student obtained only 7.8 g. What is the percent yield of the reaction performed by the student? A. 0.86 percent B. 1.15 percent C. 87 percent D. 67 percent

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formula for percent yield is
%yield= (got/theoretical) * 100

theoretically, the student was supposed to get 9g of product 
but actually got 7.8g

7.8/9 = 0.866 *100 =  86.6%
2 sig fig makes it 87%

your answer should be 
C) 87%