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| Quantity that has both a number and a unit |
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| A given number written as the product of two, a coefficient and 10 raised to a power. |
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Measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual value of what is measured
Measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another. |
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Accepted Value
Exerpiment value |
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Correct value based on reliable references
value measured in the lab |
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| Difference between accepted and experimental value |
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| Absolute value of the error divided by the accepted value, multiplied by 100% |
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| Measurement includes all of the digits that are known, plus a last digit that is estimated. |
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