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Abstract The abstract provides a brief overview of the practical work, including key results and conclusions. Keep your abstract short, about one paragraph or 250 to 500 words. It must be clear enough that the reader can understand the key points of the report without needing to read the rest of it. In general the abstract should answer six questions. Addressing each question should only require one to two sentences: Why was the experiment conducted? (Big-picture/real-world view.) What specific problem/research question was being addressed? What methods were used to solve the problem/answer the question? What results were obtained? What do these results mean? How do the results answer the overall question or improve our understanding of the problem? Note that there is no need to include background information such as motivation or theory. Shorter lab reports may not require an abstract so check you report guidelines first. The example abstract below clearly states what the