Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133611095
ISBN 13: 978-1-13361-109-7

Chapter 1 - Chemical Foundations - Active Learning Questions - Page 33: 11

Answer

If the results of a measurement are accurate, that means that they are close to the true value of the measurement. Hence, they will all be around the same value (precise).

Work Step by Step

Precision refers to the degree of agreement among several measurements of the same quantity, while accuracy refers to the degree of agreement among a measurement and the true value of the measurement. If a group of measurements is accurate, they are close to the true value of the measurement, which makes them precise as well.
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