APPLICATION A string and meterstick were passed around a class, and each student
Chapter 1, Problem 11(choose chapter or problem)
APPLICATION A string and meterstick were passed around a class, and each student measured the length of the string with a precision of 0.1 cm. Here are their results: 126.5 124.2 124.8 125.7 123.3 124.5 125.4 125.5 123.7 123.8 126.4 126.0 124.6 123.3 124.7 125.4 126.1 123.8 125.7 125.2 126.0 125.6 a. What does the true length of the string probably equal? b. Why are there so many different values? c. Sometimes you see a measurement like 47.3 0.2 cm. What do you think the 0.2 means? d. Create a measurement like the one shown in 11c, which has an accuracy or error component, to describe the length of the string.
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