Sofia measures the length of her car as 16 feet. What is the greatest possible error? __ feet What is the margin of error? _ to ____ feet

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Latze · Answer 1 · 2019-11-14T21:30:00+0000

Sofia measures the length of her car as 16 feet So she measures the car to the nearest foot.

The rounding error can be +/- 0.5 feet

The greatest possible error is 0.5 feet

The margin of error is 15.5 to 16.5 feet

Itub · Answer 2 · 2019-11-19T07:39:52+0000

Hello!

Sofia measures the length of her car as 16 feet.

What is the greatest possible error?

____ feet

What is the margin of error?

_____ to ______ feet

Answers:

A. 0.5 feet

B. 15.5 to 16.5