Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 4 - Test - Page 208: 6

Answer

$\frac{1}{4}~in$, $\frac{1}{8}~in$

Work Step by Step

a. The last fraction $\frac{3}{4}$ has a precision of $\frac{1}{4}$ in, so that is the overall precision. b. The greatest possible error is half the precision. $GPE=\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{4}~in=\frac{1}{8}~in$.
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