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A student is given a box containing ten similar plastic drinking straws, a 30 cm ruler and two set-squares. (a) Explain how the

student determines an average value for the external diameter of the straws using this apparatus. Draw a diagram to illustrate your answer.

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The way to perform the experiment is illustrated below.

<h3>How to perform the experiment?</h3>

Place each straw tightly without deforming the roundness of the straw into the corner of the set square.

Measure the distance from the corner of the set square to where the straw touches the set square using the 30 cm ruler. This will be the radius of each straw.

Multiply this radius by 2 in order to obtain the diameter of each straw.

Sum the diameter of each of the 10 straws.

Divide this sum by 10 to obtain the average value for the diameter of a straw.

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