Allied Health - A wound was measured to be 0.8 cm in length. Whaat is the greatest possible error of this measurement?

Noich asked Dec 19, 2023

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Noich asked Dec 19, 2023

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The answer is 0.05cm

Step-by-step explanation

Precision = 0.1

∴ Greatest Possible Error (GPE) = 0.1/2

GPE = 0.05cm

Hence the greatest possible error of the measurement is 0.05cm

Alireza answered Dec 24, 2023

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