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2 years ago

Precision is how close a series of measurements are to ______

Physics

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Leya [2.2K]2 years ago

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Answer:

Accuracy is how close a measured value is to an accepted value. <u>Precision is how close measurements are to one another.</u> To make measurements, you have to evaluate both the accuracy and the precision to get a correct value.

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