Question

Three students made multiple weighings of a copper cylinder, each using a different balance. Describe the accuracy and precision of each student’s measurements if the correct mass of the cylinder is 47.32 g.

Answer 1

Accuracy is the closeness of a measurement to its true value. Precision is the closeness of more than one measurements to each other. The measurements of Lamant is both accurate and precise while the scale of Colin is the opposite. Kirvin is precise but he is not accurate.