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Can you measure tenths of a gram with confidence using this balance? Y/N

Can you measure tenths of a gram with confidence using this balance? Y/N-example-1
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The accuracy to which we can measure a value using a given instrument is dependent on the instrument's least count. The least count of this instrument is 0.1 grams, or a tenth of a gram. Therefore, we may measure to the tenth of a gram with confidence. We cannot measure to the hundredth of a gram however.
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