Elementary Technical Mathematics

by Nelson, Robert; Eren, Dale;

Published by Brooks Cole

ISBN 10: 1285199197

ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - Precision and Greatest Possible Error - Exercise - Page 166: 3

Answer

precision 0.01 GPE 0.005

Work Step by Step

The last significant digit is the 0 in the hundredths position, so the precision is 0.01. Greatest possible error is half the precision. $0.5\times0.01=0.005$

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