A scientist measures a substance to be 0.6 grams. Calculate the percent of error in the measurement. Show all work for full cred

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A scientist measures a substance to be 0.6 grams. Calculate the percent of error in the measurement. Show all work for full cred

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Anni [7] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-18T12:10:18+03:00

A measurement of 0.6 grams means that the 'true' answer lies between
<span>0.55 and 0.65 </span>

In general, the uncertainty in a single measurement from a single instrument is half the least precise decimal given for the instrument.
The precision for this measurement is in the tenths place.
so we take 0.1 /2 = 0.05, and divide by the measurement

<span>0.05 / 0.6 = 0.08333 = 8.3 %</span>