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Find the greatest possible error for each measurement 10 1/8 oz

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Answer:

0.0005 oz

Explanation:

The greatest number that is allowed for approximation, assuming that the number itself is obtained by approximation, is the greatest possible error of it.

It is normally half the place value of the last digit in a number.

Here we are given the measurement
10(1)/(8) oz which is equal to
10.125 oz. The last digit is 5 which is at the thousandth place (0.001) so the greatest possible error for this would be its half.


(0.001)/(2) = 0.0005 oz

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