Kognity IB Physics A.0 Measurements & Uncertainty (id: 294aaa607)

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本题目来源于试卷: Kognity IB Physics A.0 Measurements & Uncertainty，类别为 IBDP Physics

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What is the length of the pencil?

A. $4.5 \pm 0.1 \; cm$
B. $11.5 \pm 0.2 \; cm$
C. $11.5 \pm 0.3 \; cm$
D. $11.5 \pm 0.5 \; cm$


参考答案:  D


本题详细解析:
We should be looking at the cm scale! The uncertainty in a d/y (f4bl4gaj)exp2r (k 0dzsreading on a scale is usually taken as half thesa 0ef g)y4jkxddpz/4 b(lr(2 smallest division. Here the smallest division is 0.5 cm so we can read each point on the scale to an accuracy of 0.25 cm. To find the length of the pencil we must take two measurements - one for each end of the pencil. This means that we must also add the uncertainties, giving an uncertainty of 0.5cm.