Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Addition and Subtraction of Measurements - Exercise - Page 185: 19

Answer

a. 500,000 $\Omega$ b. 500,000 $\Omega$

Work Step by Step

a. Since the measurement 500,000 $\Omega$ has one significant digit (the least), then it is the least accurate. b. Since the precision of the measurement 500,000 $\Omega$ is 100,000, then it is the least precise measurement. The other values have precisions of 1000 and 10,000.
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