Answered: what is the absolute uncertainty for…

what is the absolute uncertainty for the following measurements? 5.8cm, 5.6cm, 5.7cm,5.4cm,5.6cm b) determine the fractional uncertanity c)determine the percentage uncertanity

College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter1: Introduction: The Nature Of Science And Physics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 19PE: (a) If your speedometer has an uncertainty of 2.0 km/h at a speed of 90 km/h, what is the percent...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: The radius of a circle is measured to be 0.545 ± .005 m. Calculate the area of the circle with its…

A: Write the expression for the area of the circle and substitute the required values.

Q: Will two students using the same piece of glassware have the exact same uncertainty in their…

A: we have to explain that the same piece of glassware has the exact same uncertainty in its…

Q: In which step does the student make a mistake in reporting the following measurement? 1. Takes the…

A: Step 3

Q: A radius of a solid sphere is measured to be (6.50 ± 0.20) cm. Determine the volume of the sphere…

A: Volume of the sphere is V=43πr3 Here V is volume and r is radius. Uncertainty in volume is δVV=3δrr

Q: '9.8m gsin0-ax HK )sin24°-(1.05) cos24° %3D 0.33 %3D 9.8m gcos0

A: The expression for μk is μk=gsinθ-axgcosθμk=tanθ-axgcosθ The uncertainty of any function is given…

Q: Calculate the uncertainty δP of its perimeter P = 2(l+w) in mm.

A: Data provided in the question; Length of rectangle Width of rectangle

Q: The diameter of a ball is measured using a metre rule and a two set- squares, as illustrated in…

A: Given: Left reading: 16.8 cm Right reading: 20.4 cm Uncertainty in each reading = 1 mm

Q: A marathon runner completes a 42.188-km course in 2 h, 30 min, and 12 s. There is an uncertainty of…

A: “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for…

Q: Suppose you do an initial calculation that gives 78.5279 +4.3324%. What is the correctly rounded…

Q: A high school track coach has just purchased a new stopwatch. The stopwatch manual states that the…

A: Given: Uncertainty of stopwatch = ±0.05 s Regular Spring record is 11.49 s to 15.01 s The first…

Q: Q1- Please measure dimensions of an A4 paper and write down a) the short edge, L ± AL = b) the long…

A: Introduction: The length of the ruler is 30 cm and its uncertainty in measurement is 0.01 cm.

Q: An object is released from rest and falls in free fall motion. The speed v of the object after it…

Q: the uncertainty in its position? Please give your answer in units Answer:

A: “Since you have asked multiple question, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: I have a question for the square root of units. So I have the formula 2pi√m/k And m=50g and…

A: The formula that you are using is the formula of time. T = 2pi√m/k Here, T is time period in second.…

Q: Find the nominal value and uncertainty in; Volume 1. XYZ =

A: Given : R=2.65 +/- 0.15 h=12.5+/- 0.1 M=136+/- 3 X=5.69+/-0.02 y = 7.88+/- 0.04…

Q: QUESTION 3 For the following three measurements trials L1 L2 L3 Length (cm) 2.3 2.5 2.9 Calculate…

A: First calculating the true value from the data; L=L1+L2+L33=2.3+2.5+2.93=2.567 cm

Q: Use the rules in part e) of the review to combine the following numbers: L1 = 5.02 ± 0.03 m, L2 =…

A: Note that: Calculation at part b,c,d are incorrect. We will solve those parts again and need to…

Q: blem Statement: Suppose the area A equals length L times width W, Le A= LW. If L= 2.8 m+ 014 m and…

A: Length (L)=2.8 m±0.14 m Width (W)=1.8 m±0.18 m

Q: In a laboratory, one of your partners determines correctly that the surface area of an object is…

A: Area = 11.48 cm2( number of significant figures in area = 4)uncertainity = 0.02783447 cm2(Number of…

Q: 1)A grocery store sells 5-lb bag of apples. A customer bought apples weekly and made a record of his…

Q: Calculate the volume of a given object and its uncertainty in cm3 and your final answer or report.…

Q: Use the rules in part e) of the review to combine the following numbers: L1 = 5.02 ± 0.03 m, L2 =…

A: Solution: (a) Calculate the uncertainty of L1 + L2 as shown below. ∆L1+L2=±0.03+0.06=±0.09 m…

Q: A rectangle has a length of (2.3 ± 0.1) m and a width of (1.4 ± 0.2) m. Calculate the area and the…

Q: The radius of a circle is measured to be (10.5 ± 0.2) m. Calculate(a) the area and (b) the…

A: (a) The area of the circle is

Q: After carrying out some calculations (based on experimental data) your calculator shows that the…

A: Given: The mass of the object is 178.54968 g. The uncertainty in the mass is ±25.0163482 g.…

Q: The radius of a circle is measured to be (11.7 ± 0.7) m. Calculate each of the following and give…

A: Determine the area of the circle.

Q: Can you please answer number 3 and the sum parts

A: The smallest division of the ruler is 1 mm, so it can not measure any values less than 1 mm . Let us…

Q: Two wood beams are stuck together with wood glue to create a wooden floor beam. The length of the…

Q: A rectangle has a length of (2.7 ± 0.1) m and a width of (1.6 ± 0.2) m. Calculate the area and the…

Q: 2.) A single reading taken with a meter stick for the length of a cylinder is 5.5 cm. What is the pn…

A: Meter scale measures the length of object in meters. Percentage error is given by = Measured value-…

Q: 3. A car accelerates uniformly from rest and travels a distance of (100 ± 1) if the acceleration of…

Q: Question 6 Find value of the a-component of the marble's velocity - and its uncertainty. At O (4.02…

A: Here we have to find the x-components of marbles velocity

Q: 3. Four students measure the mass of an object, each using a different scale. They record their…

A: Actual value of mass can find by using four measured value Actual value(True value ) =…

Q: A rectangle has a length of (5.1 ± 0.2) m and a width of (2.3 ± 0.1) m. Calculate: (a) the area and…

Q: In one of the labs, a student found the length and width of a rectangular wooden board. The recorded…

A: Given data: Length (l) = 35.7 cm Width (b) = 28.6 cm

Q: 1. The following data are the measurements of the dimensions of a box: l = 8.6 ± 0.5 cm h =…

A: (1)GIVEN THE MEASUREMENT OF THE THE RECTANGULAR BOX ARE, l= 8.6±0.5

Q: If x= 3.54 ± 0.03 y = 8.03 0.04 z = 5.02 ± 0.02, what is the absolute uncertainty in f = (x + y-z)?…

A: Given X = 3.54 ± 0.03 Y = 8.03 ± 0.04 Z = 5.02 ± 0.02 We have to find absolute uncertainty in f =…

Q: A rectangle has a length of (2.8 ± 0.2) m and a width of (1.7 ± 0.2) m. Calculate the area and the…

Q: Locate the centroid of the shown area with respect to the shown x- and y-axis. All Dimensions are in…

Q: The radius of a circle is measured to be (13.6 ± 0.3) m. Calculate each of the following and give…

A: CONCEPT: Given, The radius of the circle = (13.6±0.3) m So, R=13.6 m and r= 0.3 m We know, Area of…

Q: The average value 'g' from the above table is 4.306 m/s? Question 2: Complete the error calculations…

Q: A rectangle has a length of (2.7+_0.1) m and a width of (1.6+_0.2) m. Calculate the area and the…

A: Given,

Q: A rectangle has a length of (2.9 ± 0.2) m and a width of (1.6 ± 0.2) m. Calculate the area and the…

Q: Q.6 Give the reading of the micrometers below: 10 30 40 50 60 45 61 7. 40 d=? mm

A: Solution: To give the reading of the micrometers

Q: PRECISION AND ACCURACY Compute for the percent error for the following measurements. Write your…

Question

what is the absolute uncertainty for the following measurements?

5.8cm, 5.6cm, 5.7cm,5.4cm,5.6cm

b) determine the fractional uncertanity

c)determine the percentage uncertanity

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Answer

VIEW

In short

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 1 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

A sidewalk is to be constructed around a swimming pool that measures (10.0 0.1) m by (17.0 0.1) m. If the sidewalk is to measure (1.00 0.01) m wide by (9.0 0.1) cm thick, what volume of concrete is needed and what is the approximate uncertainty of this volume?
A calculator displays a result as 1.365 218 0 X 107 kg. The estimated uncertainty in the result is 2%. How many digits should be included as significant when the result is written down? (a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) three (e) four
The length and width of a rectangular room are measured to be 3.9550.005 m and 3.0500.005 m. Calculate the area of the room and its uncertainty in square meters.
A marathon runner completes a 42.188-km course in 2 h, 30 min, and 12 s. There is an uncertainty of 25 m in the distance traveled and an uncertainty of 1 s in the elapsed time. (a) Calculate the percent uncertainty in the distance. (b) Calculate the uncertainty in the elapsed time. (c) What is the average speed in meters per second? (d) What is the uncertainty in the average speed?
A person measures his or her heart rate by counting the number of beats in 30 s. If 401 beats are counted in 30.00.5 s, what is the heart rate and its uncertainty in beats per minute?
(a) If your speedometer has an uncertainty of 2.0 km/h at a speed of 90 km/h, what is the percent uncertainty? (b) If it has the same percent uncertainty when it reads 60 km/h, what is the range of speeds you could be going?
The length and width of a rectangular room are measured to be 3.9550.005m and 10500.005m . Calculate the area of the room and its uncertainty in square mete
A marathon runner completes a 42.188-km course in 2 h, 30 min, and 12s. There is an uncertainty of 25 m in the distance traveled and an uncertainty of 1 s in the elapsed time. (a) Calculate the percent uncertainty in the distance. (b) Calculate the percent uncertainty in the elapsed time. (C) What is the average speed in meters per second? (d) What is the uncertainty in the average speed?
How many times longer than the mean life of an extremely unstable atomic nucleus is the lifetime of a human? (Hint: The lifetime of an unstable atomic nucleus is on the order of 10-22 s.
(a) How many significant figures are in the numbers 99 and 100? (b) If the uncertainty in each number is 1, what is the percent uncertainty in each? (c) Which is a more meaningful way to express the accuracy of these two numbers, significant figures or percent uncertainties?
Suppose your bathroom scale reads your mass as 65 kg with a 3% uncertainty. What is the uncertainty in your mass (In kilograms)?
UNCERTAINTIES IN MEASUREMENT: 1.the dimensions of a metal cylinder were measured three times and yielded the following result: -height=5.50cm,5.48cm,5.48cm -diameter=2.50cm,2.54cm,2.54cm Find: a) True value (height) of the cylinder b) True value (diameter ) of the cylinder c) relative uncertainty of the height of the cylinder d)the percentage uncertainty of its diameter e)the volume of the cylinder based on the true values of its dimensions