Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 4 - Section 4.7 - Relative Error and Percent of Error - Exercise - Page 191: 13

Answer

0.001 A; 0.0005 A; 0.0122; 1.22%

Work Step by Step

For the given measurement, we have The precision is 0.001 A The greatest possible error is one-half the precision $0.5\cdot 0.001 \ A= 0.0005 \ A$ The relative error is $relative~error=\dfrac{greatest~possible~error}{measurement}$ $\frac{0.0005\ A}{0.041\ A}=0.0122 $ The percent of error is $1.22\%$
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