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A baby’s mass measurement is 3.8 kg ± 0.05 kg. What is the absolute error in the measurement

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A baby’s mass measurement is 3.8 kg ± 0.05 kg. What is the absolute error in

the measurement?


  1. ± 0.05 ÷ 3.8
  2. ± (0.05 ÷ 3.8) × 100 %
  3. ± 0.05 kg
  4. 0.05 kg

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C: by defi nition, absolute error is half the smallest scale interval

(0.1 in this case) above and below the measured value.

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