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Lesson 2

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Mathematics 30-3 Module 6

Module 6: Measurement

 

Lesson 2 Summary

 

This photograph is of a young woman with a pencil carefully measuring a spot on a red wall.

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In this lesson you discovered that every measurement has a relative margin of error. This error is called uncertainty. Uncertainty is related to the precision of the measuring device and unless otherwise stated, the uncertainty is one-half of the precision.