Question

1. A toy car is marked to go at 0.5m/s, which of the following sets of

experimental numbers stay precise? *
a. 1.5m/s, 0.9m/s, 0.8m/s, 1.1m/s
O b. 0.6m/s, 0.7m/s, 0.61m/s, 0.62m/s
c. 2.1 m/s, 2.0m/s, 2.03m/s, 2.4m/s
d. 3.1m/s, 3.0m/s, 2.9m/s, 3.0m/s

Answer 1

b. 0.6m/s, 0.7m/s, 0.61m/s, 0.62m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Precision of a measurement is the closeness of the experimental values to one another. Hence, experimental measurements are said to be precise if they are close to each other irrespective of how close they are to the accepted value. Precision can be determined by finding the range of each experimental value. The measurement with the LOWEST RANGE represents the MOST PRECISE.

Note: Range is the highest value - lowest value

Set A: 1.5 - 0.8 = 0.7

Set B: 0.7 - 0.6 = 0.1

Set C: 2.4 - 2.0 = 0.4

Set D: 3.1 - 2.9 = 0.2

Set B has the lowest range (0.1), hence, represent the most precise value.