Answer
precision 0.0001 W
GPE 0.00005 W
Work Step by Step
The position of the last significant digit (5) is the ten-thousandths place, so the precision is 0.0001.
The greatest possible error is half the precision.
$GPE=0.5\times0.0001=0.00005$
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: 11
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