Physics
A boy measures the length of a pencil and expresses it to be 2.6cm. What is the accuracy of his measurement? Can he write it as 2.60cm?
Answer
Given, the length of the pencil is 2.6 cm.
As the length is measured in cm till one place of decimal, we can assume that it was measured using a metre rule.
So, the measurement is accurate
No, it cannot be written as 2.60, as it would mean that length is measured precisely up to second decimal place using vernier callipers or a screw gauge.
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