Measurement, Percent Uncertainty and Significant Figures

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• Measurement, Uncertainty and Significant Figures

  486245 Measurement, Uncertainty and Significant Figures a) What is the area, and its approximate uncertainty, of a circle of radius 3.4*10^4 cm?

• Solving for Significant Figures

  Since they are there, that means they were measured, and hence the answer has three significant figures.

• Uncertainties and Error Propagation

  the absolute value of the uncertainty of each measurement. 1st measurement: x  x 2nd measurement: y  y z = x + y OR z = x - y z = |x| + |y| Final answer = z  z Multiplication and Division The ratio of the uncertainty of a product

• the terms Inventory Difference or Material Unaccounted

  of material and processes larger amounts of nuclear material within an accountancy period, there will be higher levels of measurement uncertainty, greater inventory differences that result in (MUF).

• Calculate the mass of methane that would be emitted from a piece of ground that is the size of a football pitch during a 12 week summer period.

  Every measurement has unit and precision because we have to use a measurement device to do the measurement, different measurement devices will result in different unit and precision.

• Uncertainty, Signficant Figures, and Energy Diagrams

  247949 Uncertainty, Significant Figures, and Energy Diagrams Find the absolute uncertainty of the following calculations and express the answer with the proper number of significant figures.

• Validity and Accuracy

  We can express the accuracy of a measurement explicitly by stating the estimated uncertainty or implicitly by the number of significant figures given.

• Measurement and Scientific Notation

  a. 57 x 0.55 b. 61.7 / 11 c. (2.327)(0.585)/((8.42)(0.0065)) d. 95.0 / 5.00 Addition and Subtraction Perform the following calculations and give the answer with the correct number of significant figures.

• Conversions and Dosage

  Part A Determine the number of significant figures in the measurement 6.07? Express your answer numerically as an integer. Part B Determine the number of significant figures in the measurement 0.0030?