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Ch 2.3 reading assignment

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GraceSacks
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Our measurements are never totally accurate so they carry a
lot of uncertainties that can affect how to final calculated
result turns out.
How close a measured value is to a accepted value.
How close a series of measurements are to each other.
The difference between experimental value and accepted value.
Expresses an error as a percentage of the accepted value.
Include all known digits plus one estimated digit.
GraceSacks
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accepted
Naw
error
terror
percentage
100
value
accepted
votefordensity_1.59glen
accepted
errors
O.MGcm3 O09gkn7O.l4gkn
percent errors
terror
10.19glom't
11.951
10.09gkn't
5.661
I 0.14glen't
8.801
2
I
donot changethelast significantfigure
3.75
roundupthelastsignificantfigure
4.13
thelastsignificantfigure
round
up
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If it is oddroundit up if it
isevendonotround up
1.46
148
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