Question

Alina measured a distance to be 2.18 miles. what is the margin of error? 2.1 miles to 2.2 miles 2.175 miles to 2.185 miles 2.185 miles to 2.195 miles 2.2 miles to 2.3 cm

Answer 1

Answer:

  (b)  2.175 miles to 2.185 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

When a value is rounded, the original "exact" value is presumed to be within 1/2 of the value of one least-significant unit of the rounded number.

Application

A rounded value of 2.18 has a least-significant digit with a place value of 0.01 units. Half that value is the "margin of error". That is, the range of numbers that would be rounded to 2.18 is ...

  2.18-0.005 ≤ x < 2.18+0.005

  2.175 ≤ x < 2.185 . . . . miles