1)Averages could be done.
<span>2)Experiments or "works" could be repeated many times. </span>
<span>3)Limiting factors likely to introduce errors could be avoided.</span>
It is a compound sentence, because this sentence consists of two independent clauses ('the lamp fell over' and '(the lamp) scared the cat"). Simple sentence would have only one independent clause.
Contempt is the only one that makes sense! :) I hope I helped!