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Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-008 MC

A person's height is measured as 1.7 metres.

What is the absolute error of this measurement?

  1. 1 centimetre
  2. 5 centimetres
  3. 10 centimetres
  4. 50 centimetres
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`B`

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`text{1 metre = 100 cm}\ => \ text{0.1 metre = 10 cm}`

`text(A)text(bsolute error)` `= 1/2 xx\ text(precision)`
  `= 1/2 xx 0.1\ text(m)`
  `= 1/2 xx 10\ text(cm)`
  `= 5\ text(cm)`

 
`=> B`

Filed Under: Numbers of Any Magnitude Tagged With: num-title-ct-corea, smc-4232-10-Measurement error, smc-4232-60-Unit conversion

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